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1887

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Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Prepare an omelet as has been directed, fold it, and turn out on a hot dish ; dust a liberal quantity of powdered sugar over it, and singe the sugar into neat stripes with a hot iron rod heated on the coals. Pour a wineglassful of warmed Jamaica rumOmelet au Rhum around it, and when on the table set fire to it ; with a tablespoon dash the burning rum over the omelet ; blow out the fire, and serve. — Breakfast Dainties: Thomas J. Murrey. White , Stokes, & Allen, Pubs. Bread Omelet. One cup of fine bread-crumbs moistened with half a cup of sweet milk ; three eggs beaten separately and thoroughly, adding the whites last ; season with salt and pepper to taste. Put in the skillet or fry- ing-pan a good piece of butterBread Omelet, and when hot, pour in the omelet. Leave on the stove a short time, and then finish cooking in a warm oven. — Mrs. Matilda J. Anders 07i. Plain Omelet. Break four eggs into a large bowl; beat them thoroughly; season with salt and pepper; take a tablespoonful of flour, and mix very smoothly in a small teacupful of sweet milk, then pour it into the bowl with the eggs, and beat all well ; have ready a skillet very hot, with a good lump of butterPlain Omelet melted 86 HAM OMELET. in it. Pour in the omelet, and as soon as it becomes “ set ” in the middle, turn very carefully. Serve hot. Ham Omelet. “Two eggs, four ounces of butter, half a salt- spoonful of pepper, two tablespoonfuls of minced hamHam Omelet. Mince the ham very finely, without any fat, and fry it for two minutes in a little butter ; then make the batter for the omelet, stir in the ham, and proceed as in the case of a plain omelet. Do not add any salt to the batter, as the ham is usually suffi- ciently salt to impart a flavor.” Asparagus Omelet. “Boil some tender fresh-cut asparagus in very little water with a small portion of salt ; or, what is better still, steam the asparagus without water until it is tender ; chop it very fine, mix it with the yolks of five and whites of three well-beaten eggs ; add two tablespoonfuls of sweet creamAsparagus Omelet; fry, and serve quite hot.” Spanish Omelet. Chop up half of a sweet Spanish pepper; peel and cut up a large tomato ; cut two ounces of ham into dice ; mince three button mushrooms and half an onion with a clove of garlic ; season with salt, cayenne, and capersSpanish Omelet. Put the onion and ham in a pan, and fry ; add the other ingredients, and simmer until a thick pulp ; add to this an omelet just before folding it, and turning out on a dish.. Pour a well- made tomato-sauce round it, and serve. OMELET FRITTERS. 8/ The ingredients may be varied to suit the taste. — Breakfast Dainties : Thomas J. Murrey. White, Stokes, & Allen, Pubs. Omelet Fritters. Make two or three thin omelets, adding a little sweet basilOmelet Fritters to the usual ingredients ; cut them into small pieces, and roll them into the shape of olives ; when cold, dip them into batter, or enclose them into puff-paste, fry, and serve them with fried parsley. — American Home Cook-Book. Dick & Fitzgerald, Pubs. Soft-boiled Eggs. Put the eggs in a warm saucepanSoft-boiled Eggs, and cover with boiling water. Let them stand where they will keep hot, but not boil, for ten minutes. This method will cook both whites and yolks. — New Cook-Book : Miss Parloa. Estes & Lauriat, Pubs. (By perl) There is always a best way of doing every thing, if it be to boil an egg. — R. W. Emerson. Scrambled Eggs. Scrambled Eggs