Buttered Eggs

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 oz. of butter
• pepper to taste
• three slices of buttered toast

Method

1. 1

   Take two eggs and one ounce of butter; melt the butter and add the eggs, stirring it the whole time.

2. 2

   As soon as it thickens sufficiently, put it on slices of hot buttered toast, season with cayenne and salt.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Savouries and sweets suitable for luncheons and dinners (1886) by Mary L. Allen, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Buttered Eggs- ■ For Three Persons. — 2 eggs ; 1 oz. of butter ; pepper and , . It to taste ; three slices of buttered toast. Take two eggs and one ounce of butter ; melt :ie butter and add the eggs, stirring it the whole 1 une. As soon as it thickens su£B.ciently, put it : 'll slices of hot buttered toast, season with cayenne . iiid salt. Kidney Omelet. i 'For Two Persons. — 3 eggs; 1 kidney ; 2 J ozs. of butter ; I /yenne and salt to taste. 1 1 Take three eggs, one kidney, two and a half ounces I • ! butter ; skin the kidney and cut it very small, fry i in some of the butter till cooked. Mix the in- I rredients for the omelet well, taking care to whisk i ue yolks and whites separately ; season with pepper [lid salt, add the kidney. Melt the butter in the iinelet pan and fry the omelet till nice and brown, i iim and serve. Cheese Fondu. For Four Persons. — 1 oz. of flour; 1 oz. of butter: ■ pint of new milk ; cayenne and salt to taste ; 3 ozs. of i r;-ated Parmesan ; 3 eggs. j Melt an ounce of butter in a saucepan, mix 3 Qoothly with it one ounce of flour, a pinch of salt Did cayenne, and a quarter of a pint of new milk ; immer the mixture gently over the fire, stirring it LJ the time, till it is as thick as melted butter ; stir iT.to it three ounces of grated Parmesan cheese, mrn it into a basin, and mix with it the yolks of two ! ell-beaten eggs, whisk the whites of three to a stiff 38 SAVOURIES AND SWEETS. froth, and just before the fondue is baked add them. Pour the mixture into a well-oiled round tin, and bake twenty minutes. The tin ought only to be half full, as the fondue will rise a great deal. Savoury Toast. For Three Persons. — 3 anchovies ; \ saltspoonful of Pinch's dry mustard; 1 oz. of butter; cayenne to taste; 1 egg ; 1 tablespoonful of cream ; 1 large slice of brown biead and butter toast. Bone three anchovies, beat them to a paste, add a pinch of dry mustard, a small piece of butter and cayenne ; put it into a saucepan with the yolk of an egg and a tablespoonful of cream, stir well over the fire, but do not let it boil. Make a slice of brown l)read toast, butter it well, and pour the above over it. French Bean Omelet. For Three Persons. — 2 tablespoonfuls of boiled French beans ; 4 eggs ; 2 table^poonfuls of grated Parmesan ; 2 ozs. of butter for frying ; salt and pepper to taste

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.