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Fried Eggs

From The table, 1889

Serves 1

Season each egg with salt and pepper after dressing.

Presented as published in 1889. 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 The table (1889) by Alexander Filippini, page 153. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Fried EggS. — Place in a frying-pan on the hot range three tablespoonfuls of very good sweet oil, heat it well, then carefully break into it one fresh egg, being careful not to break the yolk, and with the aid of a table knife fold the white right over the yolk, cook for a quarter of a minute, turn it over with a cake-turner ; cook for a quarter of a minute on the other side, lift it up with the cake-turner, dress on a hot dish with a folded napkin. Proceed precisely the same way with eleven more, and then they will be ready to serve for any purpose desired. N. B. — Mix one pinch of salt, and half a pinch of white pepper
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