Cheese Omelet
From Practical West African cookery, 1910
Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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Ingredients
Method
Nutrition per serving
421Calories
30 gProtein
18 gCarbs
26 gFat
Full nutrition (34 nutrients)
Calories421 kcal
Protein30 g
Carbohydrates18 g
Fiber6.3 g
Sugars0.9 g
Total Fat26 g
Saturated Fat9.5 g
Monounsaturated Fat10 g
Polyunsaturated Fat4.7 g
Omega-30.1 g
Cholesterol755 mg
Sodium2755 mg
Potassium623 mg
Calcium291 mg
Iron6 mg
Magnesium69 mg
Phosphorus484 mg
Zinc3.2 mg
Copper0.5 mg
Manganese3.3 mg
Vitamin D4.1 mcg
Vitamin C0 mg
Vitamin A344 mcg
Vitamin E2.4 mg
Vitamin K42 mcg
Vitamin B60.4 mg
Vitamin B121.9 mcg
Thiamin (B1)0.1 mg
Riboflavin (B2)1 mg
Niacin (B3)0.4 mg
Folate99 mcg
Choline594 mg
Caffeine0 mg
Water157 g
As published
This recipe was extracted from Practical West African cookery (1910) by S. Leith-Ross, page 30. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Cheese Omelet. (II). 4 eggs. 1 tablespoon grated cheese. 1 teaspoon butter or lard. i teaspoon salt. A. pinch of pepper. (J teaspoon chopped parsley.) Make the omelet in exactly the same way as the plain omelet, mixing the grated cheese with the beaten eggs. Hard-boiled Eggs. (I). Slip the eggs into boiling water and keep boiling for eight minutes. If they are to be kept hot, take the sauce- pan off the fire and leave the eggs in the saucepan until wanted. Never take off the shell until just before serving as the egg quickly turns black. If wanted to use at once cold, drop them into cold water before you peel them. To hard-boil a duck’s egg, ten minutes are required. Hard-boiled Eggs with Tomato Sauce. (II). Cut two hot hard-boiled eggs in half, cut a little piece off their bottoms so that they should stand up, and put them on a hot dish. Pour over them a teacup of hot tomato sauce (see index) but only just before serving, as the tomato quickly turns the egg black. Hard-boiled Eggs with Cheese Sauce. (II). Cut two hot hard-boiled eggs in half and put them on a hot dish. Pour over them a teacup of hot cheese sauce EGGS. 65 (see index) and serve at once. The eggs and sauce can also be put in a pie dish sprinkled with a little bread crumbs and browned in the oven. Hard-boiled Eggs, Curried. (II). Cut two hot hard-boiled eggs in half and put them in the middle of a hot dish. Pour over them a teacupful of white curry sauce (see index), and serve with boiled rice round them. Stuffed Eggs in Batter. (II). For the stuffed eggs — 3 cold hard-boiled eggs. l£ tablespoons fresh crumb ot bread. 1 teaspoon butter, lard or 1 egg. 2 tablespoons flour. 3 tablespoons of milk (if Ideal, teaspoon milk and the rest water.) £ teaspoon obve oil or ground nut oil. ground nut oil. A pinch of salt. A pinch of pepper
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