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Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book

1899

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Presented as published in 1899. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
2 ozs. butter✪ Savory Eggs and Cheese. Mode. — Butter a pie-dish well, put in half the cheese and a little cayenne ; break the eggs carefully into a dish ; then strew over them the parsley (chopped very finely) Eggs. and the remainder of the cheese (grated) ; put a few breadcrumbs over them and small pieces of butter ; bake in a quick oven for ten or fifteen minutes. 786— EGGS IN CASES. 6 eggs Butter Grated cheese Cayenne Chopped parsley✪ Eggs in Cases. Mode. — Butter six souffle cases, break an egg into each ; cover each one with a little parsley, grated cheese and a pinch of cayenne ; bake in a quick oven for ten minutes. 787— EGGS AND BEEADCEUMBS. 6 eggs Butter Eresh breadcrumbs✪ Eggs and Breadcrumbs j Mode. — Butter some patty pans well, sprinkle each with some breadcrumbs ; break each egg very carefully into each patty pan ; put on each a little pepper, salt and butter ; bake in an oven where the heat is greater under- neath, or on the top of the stove. Let the whites set and turn them out bottom upwards. 788— EGGS AND BACON. Ery some eggs nicely and have some grilled bacon✪ Eggs and Bacon. Mode. — Be careful not to have the eggs greasy, and fry them a nice brown. Cut the bacon in nice rashers, and grill over a nice clear fire, watching it carefully. Place the bacon on a hot dish and lay the eggs on top. 789— BAKED EGGS. Bacon Eggs Milk Salt and pepper✪ Baked Eggs. Mode. — Get some nice fat bacon, chop it very fine, put it in a pie-dish with a little milk ; allow it to cook for about ten minutes, then break the eggs in, being careful not to break the yolks, and bake for five or seven minutes. Eggs. 790~POACHED EGGS AND ANCHOVY TOAST. Mode. — Mix some ancliovy paste witli some butter ; you must guess what quantity you require, for instance, for two slices of toast you would require a teaspoonful of paste to a tablespoonful of butter and a pinch of cayenne✪ Poached Eggs and Anchovy Toast. When it is all mixed together, spread it on very hot toast ; have the eggs ready, cut away the crusts from the toast, and put the eggs on it. Serve at once. • 791— OMELETTE. 2 whole eggs Minced parsley Pepper and salt Butter✪ Omelette. Mode. — Beat the whites to a stiff froth, then beat the yolks in a separate basin with a little butter, pepper and salt, and chopped parsley. Put a little butter in a pan and allow it to get hot ; then when you are ready to cook the omelette mix the whites with the yolks and pour into the pan ; stir it until it begins to set ; then loosen it around the edges and double it over ; when browned turn out on a very hot plate and serve at once. This is sufficient for one person. If you want a sweet omelette add a little flour, milk and sugar, instead of the salt, pepper and parsley, and when you double it over put a little jam in the centre. 792— GEILLED HAM. Mode. — Cut some nice thin slices of ham, put them on a grill over a nice clear fire ; watch closely, as it does not want too much cooking ; turn it and serve on a very hot dish, either with fried or poached eggs, or kidney. 793— GEILLED BACON. Mode. — Cut some nice thin slices of bacon, put them on a grill over a clear fire ; watch closely, as it does not Tyant too much cooking ; turn it and serve on a very hot dish, either with fried or poached eggs, or kidney. Eggs.