Scotch Moohcock

Ingredients

• ½ oz. Butter
• ½ oz. Flour
• 1 gill of Milk
• Cayenne Pepper
• Salt
• 1 oz. grated Cheese
• 1 teaspoonful Anchovy Sauce
• 2 Eggs

Method

1. 1

   Butter two slices of toast and boil one egg hard.

2. 2

   Melt butter in a stewpan, add flour, pepper, and salt, then milk.

3. 3

   When it boils, stir in anchovy sauce and yolk of one egg and cheese.

4. 4

   Pour over toast and decorate with chopped egg.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Gas cookery (1885) by Helen Edden, page 38. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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