Scrambled Eggs. — Nine eggs, one tablespoon of ;' Egg Vermicelli.— Three eggs boiled twenty
butter, half a teaspoon of salt, a little pepper, half a'! minutes, four slices of bread toasted and cut in
teacup of milk. Break the eggs in a bowl with the ) squares and triangles, one cup of milk, one teaspoon
milk, and beat them until light. Put the butter in \ of butter, and one heaping teaspoon of flour. Melt
a frying pan and set it on the range ; as it melts \ the butter, and stir in the flour, boil the milk, and
add pepper and salt. When it hisses, pour in the | mix the butter and flour with it, adding half a tea-
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spoon of salt, and one salt spoon of pepper. Chop
the whites of the eggs, put them in the sauce, and
pour this over the squares of bread; over this mash
the yelks through a strainer. Garnish the edges
with the squares and jiarslcy.
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Egg Toast. — Four hard boiled eggs, boiled twenty
minutes; one pint of drawn butter; delicate toast
with all the crust removed. Chop the whites of the
eggs fine and add to the warm drawn butter; this is
poured over half a dozen pieces of toast. Then
through a wire basket sift the yelks of the eggs like
^gold dust, till it is all thoroughly covered. Edge
I the dish with parsley. Mrs. P. E. Kipp.
I Egg Nests. — Six eggs, one tablespoon of butter✪ Scrambled Eggs,
( one teaspoon of salt, and pepper if desired. Beat
\ the whites to a stiff froth and put the salt into them.
I Keep the yelks in the shell, being careful not to
\ break them; form the whites on the toast, leaving
a cavity in the center for the yelks ; before slip-
ping in the yelks, place a little butter, and if wished,
some chopped ham on the toast. Place in the oven
and bake two and a half minutes. Serve on but-
tered toast. Miss Fannie Gray.
Bread, Biscuit, &c.
Wheat Bread, I. — Take three pints of lukewarm
water, and sufficient flour to make a batter not quite
stiff enough to allow a spoon to stand in it ; add two
even teaspoons of salt. Dissolve one compressed
yeast cake✪ Wheat Bread I in a little warm water; mix thoroughly,
and set to rise over night ; if the weather is cold, be
sure to stand it in a warm place. In the morning
add flour, and knead about twenty minutes; set it at
one side to rise again for about one hour, and w'hen
ready, knead fifteen minutes more; mould and put
into pans ; when risen to the top, place in a moderate
oven, and bake one hour. This will make three
loaves. Mix the sponge about nine o'clock in the
evening. Af. E.
Wheat Bread, II. — About six o'clock in the even-
|ing boil two potatoes in half a pint of water; put half
! a pint of flour in a bowl, pour the potatoes and
I water through the colander, and mash them ; stir
\ well, and let it get lukewarm. Dissolve one cake
I of Baker's safe yeast in a little warm water, stir this
'into the batter, set in a warm place and cover.
Place three pints of flour and one pint of water in a
ibowl, stir well, pour it in the sponge, and set it in
; a warm place until morning. Then add a little
lard, a teaspoon of sugar and a tablespoon of salt✪ Wheat Bread, II;
; stiffen with flour, turn out and knead for half an
hour. Put it back in the bowl and allow it to rise
; until twice its size, then knead until it is round, and
' cut into loaves ; place them in the pans and let them
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
Scrambled Eggs. — Nine eggs, one tablespoon of ;' Egg Vermicelli.— Three eggs boiled twenty butter, half a teaspoon of salt, a little pepper, half a'! minutes, four slices of bread toasted and cut in teacup of milk. Break the eggs in a bowl with the ) squares and triangles, one cup of milk, one teaspoon milk, and beat them until light. Put the butter in \ of butter, and one heaping teaspoon of flour. Melt a frying pan and set it on the range ; as it melts \ the butter, and stir in the flour, boil the milk, and add pepper and salt. When it hisses, pour in the | mix the butter and flour with it, adding half a tea-
spoon of salt, and one salt spoon of pepper. Chop the whites of the eggs, put them in the sauce, and pour this over the squares of bread; over this mash the yelks through a strainer. Garnish the edges with the squares and parsley.
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Egg Toast. — Four hard boiled eggs, boiled twenty minutes; one pint of drawn butter; delicate toast with all the crust removed. Chop the whites of the eggs fine and add to the warm drawn butter; this is poured over half a dozen pieces of toast. Then through a wire basket sift the yelks of the eggs like
^gold dust, till it is all thoroughly covered. Edge I the dish with parsley. Mrs. P. E. Kipp.
I Egg Nests. — Six eggs, one tablespoon of butter, ( one teaspoon of salt, and pepper if desired. Beat \ the whites to a stiff froth and put the salt into them. I Keep the yelks in the shell, being careful not to \ break them; form the whites on the toast, leaving a cavity in the center for the yelks ; before slipping in the yelks, place a little butter, and if wished, some chopped ham on the toast. Place in the oven and bake two and a half minutes. Serve on buttered toast. Miss Fannie Gray.
Bread, Biscuit, &c.
Wheat Bread, I. — Take three pints of lukewarm water, and sufficient flour to make a batter not quite stiff enough to allow a spoon to stand in it ; add two even teaspoons of salt. Dissolve one compressed yeast cake in a little warm water; mix thoroughly, and set to rise over night ; if the weather is cold, be sure to stand it in a warm place. In the morning add flour, and knead about twenty minutes; set it at one side to rise again for about one hour, and w'hen ready, knead fifteen minutes more; mould and put into pans ; when risen to the top, place in a moderate oven, and bake one hour. This will make three loaves. Mix the sponge about nine o'clock in the evening. Af. E.
Wheat Bread, II. — About six o'clock in the even-
|ing boil two potatoes in half a pint of water; put half ! a pint of flour in a bowl, pour the potatoes and I water through the colander, and mash them ; stir \ well, and let it get lukewarm. Dissolve one cake I of Baker's safe yeast in a little warm water, stir this 'into the batter, set in a warm place and cover.
Place three pints of flour and one pint of water in a ibowl, stir well, pour it in the sponge, and set it in ; a warm place until morning. Then add a little
lard, a teaspoon of sugar and a tablespoon of salt; ; stiffen with flour, turn out and knead for half an
hour. Put it back in the bowl and allow it to rise ; until twice its size, then knead until it is round, and ' cut into loaves ; place them in the pans and let them
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