Eggs to fry as round as Balls

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Put three pints of clarified butter into a deep stewpan; heat it as hot as for fritters, and stir the butter with a stick till it turns round like a whirlpool.
  2. Break an egg into the middle, and turn it round with the stick till it is as hard as a poached egg.
  3. The whirling round of the butter makes it as round as a ball.
  4. Take it up with a slice; put it in a dish before the fire.
  5. Do as many as you want; they will be soft, and keep hot half an hour.
  6. Serve on stewed spinach.
Original Text
Eggs to fry as round as Balls. Put three pints of clarified butter into a deep stewpan; heat it as hot as for fritters, and stir the butter with a stick till it turns round like a whirlpool. Break an egg into the middle, and turn it round with the stick till it is as hard as a poached egg. The whirling round of the butter makes it as round as a ball. Take it up with a slice; put it in a dish before the fire. Do as many as you want; they will be soft, and keep hot half an hour. Serve on stewed spinach.
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