Breakfast Dish

Ingredients

• half a pound dried beef
• a quart of milk
• a good piece of butter
• a little pepper
• a slice for each member of family
• an equal number of eggs

Method

1. 1

   Slice and pull the dried beef into small pieces.

2. 2

   Boil the milk, add the beef, butter, and pepper.

3. 3

   Thicken with flour.

4. 4

   Toast bread and poach eggs.

5. 5

   Place an egg on each slice of toast, pour the beef dressing over, and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 437. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BREAKFAST DISH. Take about half a pound dried beef, first sliced thin, then pulled in small pieces. Have a quart of milk boiling, into which put the beef with a good piece of butter and a little pepper. When it comes to a boil thicken with a little flour ; then toast bread, a slice for each mem- ber of family, and poach in hot water an equal number of eggs

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