17. Toast and Eggs

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Break three eggs into a small stewpan.
  2. Add a saltspoonful of salt, a quarter of that quantity of pepper, and two ounces of fresh butter.
  3. Set the stewpan over a moderate fire.
  4. Stir the eggs round with a wooden spoon, being careful to keep every particle in motion, until the whole has become a smooth and delicate thickish substance.
  5. Have ready a convenient-sized crisp piece of toast.
  6. Pour the eggs upon it, and serve immediately.
Original Text
17. Toast and Eggs.—Break three eggs into a small stewpan, add a saltspoonful of salt, a quarter of that quantity of pepper, and two ounces of fresh butter (the fresher the better), set the stewpan over a moderate fire, and stir the eggs round with a wooden spoon, being careful to keep every particle in motion, until the whole has become a smooth and delicate thickish substance; have ready a convenient-sized crisp piece of toast, pour the eggs upon it, and serve immediately.
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