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Egg Gems

From The household (of the Detroit free press), 1886

Serves 1

Presented as published in 1886. 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

As published

This recipe was extracted from The household (of the Detroit free press) (1886) by Goff, May Perrin,, page 341. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EGG GEMS. Mix together any kind of cold meat (chopped fine), with an equal quantity of bread crumbs ; use pepper, salt, a bit of butter and a little milk; fill some buttered gem-pans with the mixture, then carefully break an egg on the top of each ; season with pepper and salt, and sprinkle some very fine cracker crumbs on top ; bake eight minutes ; a little grated cheese may be added

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