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Egg Toast

From Original White House Cookbook, 1887

Serves 1

Best way to cook eggs for an invalid is to drop them or pour boiling water over them.

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 327. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

EGG TOAST. Brown a slice of bread nicely over the coals, dip it in hot water slightly salted, butter it, and lay on the top an egg that has been broken into boiling water

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