The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps

The pattern people's household book, 1927 — five hundred recipes, then how to lay a table, take out a stain and stock a first-aid cabinet.

Egg Dishes

19 recipes in this part of The Butterick Book of Recipes and Household Helps.

Egg Toast

Moisten the edges of the toast with hot water and spread it with eggs. Poach the butter. Separate the yolks and whites of the eggs. Poach…

Eggs in Brown Butter

3 tablespoons butter butter in the pan, add one teaspoon vinegar, and when hot, pour Sauté the eggs in one tablespoon butter until set…

Baked Eggs in Tomato Sauce

Grease small ramekins and place two tablespoons tomato sauce cover with grated in each. Lay a poached egg in each dish, cover with grated…

Eggs in Bacon Rings

Curl slices of bacon around the inside of muffin-cups or small ramekins. Break an egg inside each bacon-ring, season with salt and pepper…

Eggs a La Suisse

½ to I cup grated cheese Spread the bottom of a baking-dish with butter. Sprinkle a layer of grated cheese over it and break the eggs on…

Baked Eggs Espagnole

Fry onion and pepper in the butter until slightly brown, then pour into a baking-dish. Break the eggs into the dish, being careful not to…

Planked Eggs

1 cup finely chopped cooked 6 poached eggs ham or corned beef Mix the meat with the crums and enough cream to make a paste. Spread the…

Battered or Scrambled Eggs

In a frying-pan, place one tablespoon of butter for each egg to be used. Beat the eggs until the whites and yolks are well mixed. Season…

Eggs in Tomatoes

Cut the onion into small pieces and place with the tomato in a shallow pan. Stew very slowly for ten minutes. Add salt and pepper, then…

Cuban Eggs

Cook the meat and onion together for five minutes. Beat the eggs until light, add the seasonings, and pour into the pan with the meat. Cook…

Eggs à La Caracas

Melt the butter in a frying-pan and, when hot, add the dried beef and cheese. Toss lightly until the beef is slightly frizzled, add the…

Plain Puffy Omelet

Beat the egg-whites until stiff. Beat the yolks until thick and lemon-colored, beat into them the hot water and add salt and pepper. Cut…

Plain French Omelet

Beat the eggs just enough to mix the whites and yolks, and add salt and pepper. Heat butter in an omelet-pan, pour a little of it into the…

Variations of Plain Omelet

Variations of the plain puffy omelet or the plain French omelet may be made by adding any of the following ingredients to the omelet before…

Oyster Omelet

Chop the oysters. Make a sauce of the flour, butter and the cream. Add the well-beaten eggs, season with salt and pepper, stir in the…

Egg Timbales

Make a white sauce of the butter, flour, and milk, and add the egg-yolks, slightly beaten. Add all the seasonings, then fold in the stiffly…

Savory Eggs

1 cup hot thin white sauce Cut the eggs in two lengthwise and remove the yolks. Mash the yolks, add seasonings, cream, parsley, anchovy or…

Eggs a La Goldenrod

Separate the yolks from the whites of the eggs and chop the whites very fine. Add to the white sauce with salt, pepper, paprika. Arrange…

Eggs Au Gratin

2 cups medium white, tomato Butter or yellow sauce Remove the shells from the eggs, slice them and arrange in a greased baking-dish. Season…

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