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Eggs in Beds

From A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl, 1905

Best served on lettuce if not with cold meat.

Presented as published in 1905. 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 A Little Cook-Book for a Little Girl (1905) by Caroline French Benton, page 16. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Eggs in Beds Chop a cup of nice cold meat, and season with a little salt, pepper, and chopped parsley. Add enough stock or hot water just to wet it, and cook till rather dry. Put this in buttered bak- ing-dishes, filling each half -full, and on top of each gently slip from a cup one egg

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