Plain Omelet

Ingredients

• four eggs
• four tablespoonfuls of milk
• a piece of butter nearly half the size of an egg
• pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Heat a smooth, clean frying pan.

2. 2

   Beat the eggs very light, with whites to a stiff froth and yolks to a thick batter.

3. 3

   Add milk, pepper, and salt to yolks, then stir in whites lightly.

4. 4

   Melt butter in the pan, pour in the eggs as they begin to boil, and cook until set, shaking the pan to prevent sticking.

5. 5

   Fold the omelet and serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 146. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAIN OMELET. Put a smooth, clean, iron frying pan on the fire to heat; meanwhile, beat four eggs very light, the whites to a stiff froth and the yolks to a thick batter. Add to the yolks four tablespoonfuls of milk, pepper and salt ; and, lastly, stir in the whites lightly. Put a piece of butter nearly half the size of an egg

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