Pumpkin Tops

Ingredients

• Pluck a large quantity of the shoots of a pumpkin vine
• a pinch of soda
• a little piece of butter
• seasoning of pepper
• some buttered toast cut in squares
• poach some eggs nicely

Method

1. 1

   Wash and boil the pumpkin shoots in salted water with a pinch of soda until soft.

2. 2

   Strain and press in a colander, then return to the saucepan with butter and pepper.

3. 3

   Serve on buttered toast topped with poached eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Maclurcan's cookery book (1899) by H. Maclurcan, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PUMPKIN TOPS. Pumpkin tops Salt Carbonate of soda Pepper Buttered toast Butter and poached eggs. Mode. — Pluck a large q^uantity of the shoots of a pumpkin vine ; wash well and boil in salted water, to which a pinch of soda has been added ; when soft strain thoroughly and press in a colander, then return it to the saucepan and add a little piece of butter and seasoning of pepper ; have ready some buttered toast cut in squares and place in a vegetable dish. Just before the pumpkin tops are ready to strain, poach some eggs nicely

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