21. Toast and Eggs with Herring

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (5)

your toast and eggs as directed (No. 17)
the flesh of a herring ↝ Potatoes, flesh and skin, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
mashed potatoes ↝ Potatoes, raw, skin [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
Dried haddock ↝ Fish, haddock, cooked, dry heat [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
sardines ↝ Fish, sardines, canned [Fish]

Instructions (7)

Prepare your toast and eggs as directed (No. 17).
Previous to pouring the eggs over, lay the flesh of a herring as directed in the last recipe.
Pour the eggs over the herring.
Alternatively, lay herrings upon toast, with a layer of mashed potatoes over.
Dried haddock may also be served the same way.
Sardines may also be served the same way, but they being ready-cooked, are laid over cold without splitting them; they are very delicious.
If wanted hot, set the sardines a few minutes before the fire.

Original Text

21. Toast and Eggs with Herring.—Prepare your toast and eggs as directed (No. 17), but previous to pouring the eggs over, lay the flesh of a herring as directed in the last, and pour the eggs over that. Herrings upon toast, with a layer of mashed potatoes over, is also very good.

Dried haddock may also be served the same, as also may sardines, but they being ready-cooked, are laid over cold without splitting them; they are very delicious; if wanted hot, set them a few minutes before the fire.

Notes

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