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Shrimp Omelette Base

From Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book, 1898

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1898. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 282. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

half -pint measure of picked boiled shrimps for two three-egg Omelettes. Pound the shells, not the heads, in a mortar with one ounce of butter, pass through a hair sieve and put it into a small saucepan over a low fire. Add the picked shrimps, a dust of mace

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