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Poached Eggs on Sweet Potato
From The Cook County cook book, 1912
Serves 1
Presented as published in 1912. 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 Cook County cook book (1912) by Associated College Women Workers, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
POACHED EGGS ON SWEET POTATO.— Clean and cut a large sweet potato crookwise into 1^ inch slices. Boil or bake until done. Scoop out the center, leaving a ^ inch wall on bottom and sides. Place a poached egg in the cavity and have the part which was scooped out mashed and by means of a pastry tube place in ornamental designs around edge of the egg, leaving the yolk and a little of the white showing through; season with pepper and salt and put a generous lump of butter
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