Melt one tablespoon butter, add one table-
spoon flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt
and one-eighth teaspoon pepper, and pour on
gradually one cup milk. Add the whites of
three hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped. Pour
over four slices of toasted bread, and sprinkle
the top with the yolks of three hard-boiled
eggs✪ Egg Toast forced through a potato ricer or strainer.
Anchovy Toast
Toast four slices of bread from which the
crusts have been removed and spread with an-
chovy paste. Scald one cup milk, add two egg
yolks, and stir constantly until the mixture
thickens. Beat the whites of two eggs✪ Anchovy Toast until
stiff, add to the thickened milk, beat thoroughly
and pour over the toast.
German Toast
Beat two eggs slightly, add one-third teaspoon
salt, one and one-half tablespoons sugar and two-
thirds cup milk; strain. Soak four slices stale
bread in mixture until soft. Heat and brown
delicately on both sides in a hot blazer, using
enough butter to prevent burning✪ German Toast.
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Toast, Griddle Cakes, and Fritters
Brewis
Break stale pieces of brown bread in small
pieces. Butter a hot chafing dish, put in bread,
and add milk to cover✪ Brewis. Cook until mixture is
smooth, which may be accomplished by mashing
pieces with a fork during the cooking; season
with butter and salt.
Entire Wheat Griddle Cakes
Mix and sift one-half cup flour, one-fourth
cup coarse entire wheat or Graham flour, one
and one-half teaspoons baking powder, one and
one-half tablespoons sugar, and one-fourth tea-
spoon salt. Add one-half cup milk, one egg
slightly beaten, and one-half tablespoon melted
butter. Drop from the tip of a spoon on a hot,
well-buttered blazer. Cook on one side until
delicately browned ; turn and cook on the other
side.
French Fritters
Mix and sift one cup flour, one-fourth tea-
spoon salt, and two teaspoons baking powder.
Add three-fourths cup milk, one egg well beaten,
and one tablespoon melted butter. Fry same
as griddle cakes. When cooked, spread with
currant jelly, roll, and sprinkle with powdered
sugar. Beat jelly with a fork, before attempting
to spread.
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EGGS
3i
And eggs — even they have their moral. See how
they come and go. Every pleasure is transitory. We
can't even eat long
Dickens
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EGGS
Boiled Eggs
When water boils in blazer carefully put in
with a spoon the number of eggs desired,
having sufficient water to cover them. Cover
and place over hot-water pan, that eggs may
cook in water at the proper temperature. Cook
from seven to eight minutes if preferred " soft
boiled."
Poached Eggs
Have blazer two-thirds full of boiling water.
Break each egg separately into a saucer, and
slip into the pan. Cover and place blazer over
hot water pan. Let stand until whites of eggs
are firm. Remove from pan to circular pieces
of buttered toast. Sprinkle with salt and pep-
per, and place on top of each one-fourth tea-
spoon butter.
Eggs & la Finoise
Prepare Poached Eggs and serve with to-
mato sauce.
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Chafing Dish Possibilities
Buttered Eggs
Melt three-fourths tablespoon butter in a hot
blazer, slip in carefully one egg, sprinkle with
salt and pepper, and cook until the white is
firm, turning once during the cooking. Attempt
to cook but one egg at a time.
Eggs a la Suisse ✪ Entire Wheat Griddle Cakes
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Melt one tablespoon butter, add one tablespoon flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon pepper, and pour on gradually one cup milk. Add the whites of three hard-boiled eggs, finely chopped. Pour over four slices of toasted bread, and sprinkle the top with the yolks of three hard-boiled eggs forced through a potato ricer or strainer.
Anchovy Toast
Toast four slices of bread from which the crusts have been removed and spread with anchovy paste. Scald one cup milk, add two egg yolks, and stir constantly until the mixture thickens. Beat the whites of two eggs until stiff, add to the thickened milk, beat thoroughly and pour over the toast.
German Toast
Beat two eggs slightly, add one-third teaspoon salt, one and one-half tablespoons sugar and twothirds cup milk; strain. Soak four slices stale bread in mixture until soft. Heat and brown delicately on both sides in a hot blazer, using enough butter to prevent burning.
Toast, Griddle Cakes, and Fritters
Brewis
Break stale pieces of brown bread in small pieces. Butter a hot chafing dish, put in bread, and add milk to cover. Cook until mixture is smooth, which may be accomplished by mashing pieces with a fork during the cooking; season with butter and salt.
Entire Wheat Griddle Cakes
Mix and sift one-half cup flour, one-fourth cup coarse entire wheat or Graham flour, one and one-half teaspoons baking powder, one and one-half tablespoons sugar, and one-fourth teaspoon salt. Add one-half cup milk, one egg slightly beaten, and one-half tablespoon melted butter. Drop from the tip of a spoon on a hot, well-buttered blazer. Cook on one side until delicately browned ; turn and cook on the other side.
French Fritters
Mix and sift one cup flour, one-fourth teaspoon salt, and two teaspoons baking powder. Add three-fourths cup milk, one egg well beaten, and one tablespoon melted butter. Fry same as griddle cakes. When cooked, spread with currant jelly, roll, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Beat jelly with a fork, before attempting to spread.
EGGS
And eggs — even they have their moral. See how they come and go. Every pleasure is transitory. We can't even eat long
Dickens
EGGS
Boiled Eggs
When water boils in blazer carefully put in with a spoon the number of eggs desired, having sufficient water to cover them. Cover and place over hot-water pan, that eggs may cook in water at the proper temperature. Cook from seven to eight minutes if preferred " soft boiled."
Poached Eggs
Have blazer two-thirds full of boiling water. Break each egg separately into a saucer, and slip into the pan. Cover and place blazer over hot water pan. Let stand until whites of eggs are firm. Remove from pan to circular pieces of buttered toast. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and place on top of each one-fourth teaspoon butter.
Eggs & la Finoise
Prepare Poached Eggs and serve with tomato sauce.
Chafing Dish Possibilities
Buttered Eggs
Melt three-fourths tablespoon butter in a hot blazer, slip in carefully one egg, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook until the white is firm, turning once during the cooking. Attempt to cook but one egg at a time.
Eggs a la Suisse
Records on this page
Egg ToastAnchovy ToastGerman ToastBrewisEntire Wheat Griddle CakesFrench Fritters