544. Eggs in Cases

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (6)
  1. Cut up a sheet of paper into pieces of three inches square, turn up half an inch all around so as to form a kind of case, they will then remain but two inches square in the inside.
  2. Take a small piece of butter, a pinch of fine breadcrumbs, a little fine chopped parsley, spring onions, salt, and pepper, and mix them together.
  3. Put a little into each case.
  4. Break one egg into each.
  5. Put them on a gridiron over a slow fire, and do them gently, or place them in a dish in an oven.
  6. When well set, serve.
Original Text
544. Eggs in Cases.—Cut up a sheet of paper into pieces of three inches square, turn up half an inch all around so as to form a kind of case, they will then remain but two inches square in the inside. Take a small piece of butter, a pinch of fine breadcrumbs, a little fine chopped parsley, spring onions, salt, and pepper, and mix them together, put a little into each case, then break one egg into each, put them on a gridiron over a slow fire, and do them gently, or place them in a dish in an oven; when well set, serve.
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