Au jus the cook may simply skim off the fat from the juices left after cooking and bring the remaining meat stock and water to a boil. "Jus" can be frozen for six months or longer, but the flavor may suffer after this time. American recipes "au jus" often use soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, white or brown sugar, garlic, beets, carrots, onion, or other ingredients to make something more like a gravy. The American "jus" is sometimes prepared separately, rather than being produced naturally by the food being cooked. An example could be a beef "jus" made by reducing beef
Green sauce eggs or roast beef brisket. It may also be served with cooked fish or roast beef, or as a side dish to barbecue. A local schnitzel specialty, called Frankfurter Schnitzel, is always served with green sauce, along with apple cider (Apfelwein) as a traditional accompanying drink. Green sauce was supposedly Goethe's favourite condiment; a legend that his mother invented it is likely apocryphal. The local importance of the dish is shown by the abundance of green sauce at local markets and by the Green Sauce Monument installed in Frankfurt-Oberrad in 2007. The latter consists of seven small greenhouses with the