Plain Omelet

Ingredients

• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• a tablespoon of butter
• a little pepper
• A little chopped parsley may be used

Method

1. 1

   Beat the whites of 5 eggs to a stiff froth.

2. 2

   Beat the yolks light and add a spoonful of the beaten whites to make them frothy.

3. 3

   Add salt and a little pepper.

4. 4

   Heat butter in a frying-pan, pour in the egg mixture, cook for 1 minute on the stove, then for about 5 minutes in the oven.

5. 5

   Fold and serve immediately.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Purity flour cookbook (1917) by E. Warner, page 68. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN OMELET Beat the whites of 5 eggs to a stiff froth. Beat the yolks light and add a spoonful of tne beaten wMtes to m^ke them frothy^fadd i teaspoon of salt and a Httle peppei -f^/^^^. ^^^ jf/^^^^^^^^^ whites. Put a tablespoon of butter m a frymg-pan, and when quite hot turn ^^ ^h^ egf^' .f;^^^ 3^! a minute on the stove and then for about 5 minutes m the oven. Take the pan out and si p a knife under thromelet to loosen it, and fold over and send to the table at once. A little chopped parsley may be used

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