Scrambled Eggs

Ingredients

• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoonful milk
• 1-oz. butter
• Pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Put butter in pan, and when melted, add eggs and milk.

2. 2

   Stir until it thickens, and serve on buttered toast.

3. 3

   Use more eggs for more than one person.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The "ideal" cookery book (1902) by Lilian Clarke, page 3. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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