Boiled Eggs

Ingredients

• Put eggs in sauce pan.

Method

1. 1

   Put eggs in sauce pan.

2. 2

   Cover with boiling water.

3. 3

   Place where the water will keep hot for 6 to 10 minutes.

4. 4

   A quicker method is to boil eggs very gently for 3 or 4 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Mary Frances cook book (1912) by Jane Eayre Fryer, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Eggs," she called. He pretended to be asleep. Then she took him by the arm and shook him. ''Boiled Eggs!" she shouted. ''Doesn't that mean you?" "Yes, ma'am," he said meekly; "I'm such a 'sleepy-head!' Do you know," con-fi-den-ti-al-ly, "I often talk in my sleep." At this the Kitchen People grinned. Wp "Ahem!" said Mary Frances, "It's a dangerous 1 1 ihabit. Sometimes people tell stories when they're prClcnuCUawake, too," she added as she stepped out to get the to be milk. 6.sleC0 '^^ '^^^ Puff-away' ready?" asked Sauce Pan of ^' Coffee Pot. "If you mean Tea Kettle, Saucy," answered Coffee "I can scacely wail till Fm needed Mary Frances Gets Breakfast 59 Pot excitedly, '^I hope so, for I can scarcely wait till I'm needed." Tea Kettle gave two extra puffs of steam, but other- wise took no notice. "How do you know you'll be used?" Sauce Pan asked of Coffee Pot, nudging Pie Plate who was near him. "I come next in the book — and, besides, I'm always used for breakfast." Coffee Pot was beginning to get angry. "Bet we have eggs, — eggs, and toast, and — tea! Yes, I bet it's tea for B. this morning." Sauce Pan kept on saying, "Tea for B." so long that Coffee Pot began to cry : "Eggs and toast and tea, That doesn't mean me. Coffee is better — Though not wetter — For breakfast Than tea, tea, tea." "Tee-hee — Tee-hee — Tee-hee!" giggled Sauce Pan, pointing to Coffee Pot tan-ta-liz-ing-ly, who began to cry in earnest. (3..0 Coffee began to cry ee-hee -Tee-lieer'giggled ^aucepan. 60 The Maey Fkances Cook Book ''Why, what's the matter with Coffee Pot?" Mary Frances asked when she came in. "Is it possible Aunt Maria forgot to dry you last night?" Nobody said anything — and Sauce Pan hastily ran toward the stove. ''Wait/' called Mary Frances, "wait a minute until I can look in my book " "Oh, I can say it without any book — we all know our own tricks," boasted Sauce Pan. "All right," said Mary Frances, "say it — that will save time." So he began. "B'iled eggs — excuse me! — boiled eggs," he cor- rected, seeing Mary Frances' stern face. Q C^ No. 9. — Boiled Eggs. 1. Put eggs in sauce pan.

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