Spinach, Martha

Ingredients

• 3 quarts fresh spinach
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 3 slices bread
• 1.5 tablespoons vinegar
• 2 hard-cooked eggs
• 1 tablespoon Crisco
• salt, sugar, grated nutmeg to taste
• 4 tablespoons cream

Method

1. 1

   Wash and boil spinach in salted water for 10 minutes.

2. 2

   Drain, chop, and place in saucepan.

3. 3

   Brown bread in Crisco, add to spinach with chopped eggs, seasoning, and cream.

4. 4

   Cook for 10 minutes, mix well, and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from A calendar of dinners, with 615 recipes (1913) by Marion Harris Neil, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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