Make a roux of melted butter,flour
Stir it round the pan without a pause
Then pour in the milk a glorious shower
And stir and stir to break up lumps and flaws
All at once the wheat cracks and up swells
The grainy sauce should looks like velvet smooth
This my secret pleasure I now tell.
For feeding men, my cooking ‘s a mere ruse.
For in exchange for macaroni cheese
They’ll gently pour me sherry and red wine
And so it suits us women to believe
That most men are unadept without crime
So now I’ve shared my secret knowledge here
No man needs me now to sieve his beer.
