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Ham or Bacon Omelette

From Home dissertations, 1891

Use raw or boiled ham as preferred.

Presented as published in 1891. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Home dissertations (1891) by Tilton, E. Stevens Mrs., page 124. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

g tablespoons of butter and fry it quickly. Meantime break three eggs, beat them with a saltspoon of salt and a little pepper ; put a heaping dessertspoon of butter in a frying-pan over the fire, and when it is melted pour in the beaten egg ; break the omelette a little while it is cooking, so that the uncooked portion may run to the bottom of the pan; when the uncooked portion is sufficiently done, pour the kidney in the middle of it, fold it together, turn it out on a hot dish, and serve it hot. PARSLEY OMELETTE. A few sprigs of parsley chopped fine, add a little grated nutmeg, and mix with the beaten eggs, finish as directed. Parsley and chives prepared as above is called Omelette aux fines herbes. HAM OR BACON OMELETTE
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