Frizzled Beef with Egg

Ingredients

• half a pound of smoked or jerked beef
• an ounce of sweet butter
• three eggs
• a little white pepper

Method

1. 1

   Cut the beef into the thinnest of pieces or shavings; cover with boiling water for five minutes, and drain.

2. 2

   Melt an ounce of sweet butter in the frying pan, and add the wafers of beef.

3. 3

   When they begin to frizzle or turn up, break over them three eggs; stir until the eggs are cooked; add a little white pepper, and serve on slices of buttered toast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Luncheon (1888) by Thomas J. Murrey, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIZZLED BEEF WITH EGG. add the ham and a very Httle hot water and a pinch of cayenne. When quite hot arrange it neatly on sHces of toast, put a poached egg on top of each, and serve. Minced ham prepared for evening parties and not all used may be served in this manner. Frizzled Beef with Egg. — Cut half a pound of smoked or jerked beef into the thin- nest of pieces or shavings ; cover with boiUng water for five minutes, and drain. Melt an ounce of sweet butter in the frying pan, and add the wafers of beef. When they begin to frizzle or turn up, break over them three eggs ; stir until the eggs are cooked ; add a little white pepper

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