Bread Omelet No. 1

Name: Bread Omelet No. 1
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: four eggs; a tablespoonful of grated and sifted bread; milk, water, cream, white wine, gravy, lemon juice, brandy or rum; a little nutmeg; pepper; salt

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 2

Stale sponge-cake or biscuit can replace bread for a sweet omelet.

Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 148. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREAD OMELET. No. 1. Break four eggs into a basin and carefully remove the treadles; have ready a tablespoonful of grated and sifted bread; soak it in either milk, water, cream, white wine, gravy, lemon juice, brandy or rum, according as the omelet is intended to be sweet or savory. Well beat the eggs together with a little nutmeg, pepper and salt

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