Chocolate Gravy

This is sopped with biscuits like molasses, syrup or meat gravies were. Socially acceptable like dips today, except the sopping was done on your own plate instead of a common dish.

Ingredients:

½ cup cocoa
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 tbsp. flour, mixed with ½ cup water, stirred til smooth
½ tsp. vanilla
pinch of salt
4 tbsp. butter (optional)

Directions:

Mix cocoa and sugar. Have water boiling in saucepan. Add cocoa and sugar mixture, salt. Gradually stir in flour mixture. Remove from burner and stir in vanilla. Serve hot or cold