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The household gas cookery book

1900

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Presented as published in 1900. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
Omelette Rumbled Plain. — Break three eggs into a basin, add one tablespoonful of milk. Salt and season to taste, and slightly beat them up for hal'f a minutes with a fork. Take an enamelled frying-pan and dissolve a piece of butter the size of a wralnuOmelette Rumbled Plaint; when dissolved and the pan well greased all round the edges, pour in the eggs from the basin. Note, the gas must not be too fierce, or it will cause the eggs to burn before they can cook. YV h i 1st they are cooking, about every twenty-five seconds, scrape, with the side of a fork, the eggs away from the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking. Continue to do so until the mass assumes a light, breezy and soft ap¬ pearance. Serve on hot plates. Tomato Omelette. — Break 3 fresh eggs in a bowl, season them with salt and pepper, and beat for two minutes. Place 2 oz. of butter in a frying pan on the top of the gas griller, let it heat well wuthout browning, then add the pulp of twT> or three tomatoeTomato Omelettes. Cook for two minutes, then throw the beaten eggs over, and with a fork mix the whole gently for a minute; let it rest for one minute longer. Bring up the two opposite sides, turn it carefully on a hot dish, and serve. GAS COOKERY BOOK. T 1 n at / Omelette au Fromage. — Beat up three eggs, and add an ounce of grated cheese, with a tablespoonful of milk. Put an ounce of butterOmelette au Fromage in the frying pan and pour in the mixture. When done serve with a small portion of grated cheese sprinkled on the top. Omelette en Surprise. — This omelette is a great favourite with all gourmets, and should be prepared as follows: — lake a pint of vanilla ice-cream and make a soufflee omelette mixture. To mix the souffiee omelette it is necessary to have the yolks of six eggs and four whites. Cream the yolks with three ounces of castor sugar, add a dessertspoonful of cornflour and half a teaspoonful of vanilla essence. Add a pinch of salt to the four whites and whisk them until Quite firm, then add them to the yolks. Now take some Genoese pastryOmelette en Surprise and cut it into pieces so as to form a border for the ice-cream. Place the vanilla ice-cream in the bordeir, spread over the omelette mixture, wThich should then be shaped with a knife, place in a fireproof dish, dredge with sugar, and bake in a sharp oven just sufficiently to brown the top. Serve quickly. A little rum, brandy, or kirsch poured round the omelette and fired just before serving will add to the effect. Omelette Souffle aux Abricots. — Prepare a soufflee omelette mixture as directed for Omelette en Surprise. Place half of the mixture in a fire-proof dish and spread over some apricot jamOmelette Souffle aux Abricots. Add the rest of the mixture and bake in a fairly hot oven from twenty to twenty-five minutes. 'Serve on a folded napkin. Omelette Provencale. — Slice up three or four trimmed mushrooms and place in a stewpan with an ounce of butter, and let them cook for five minutes. Peel a tomato and cut it into small slices and put it into the saucepan, adding the salt, a little pepper, a finely-chopped clove of garlic, and a few sprigs of K 2 148 THE HOUSEHOLD Omelette Provencale