Eggs
To Make Omelets
To make an omelet, beat the yolks lightly (twelve beats is said to be the magic number), as too much beating makes them thin be the magic…
Boiled Eggs
Put them on in cold water, and when it has boiled, the eggs will be done, the whites being soft and digestible, as they are not when put on…
Baked Eggs
Break eight eggs into a well-buttered dish, put in pepper and salt, bits of butter, and three table-spoons cream; set in oven and bake…
Birds' Nest
Boil eggs hard, remove shells, surround with force-meat; fry or bake them till nicely browned, cut in halves, and place in the dish with…
Curried Eggs
Slice two onions and fry in butter, add a table-spoon curry-powder and one pint good broth or stock, stew till onions are quite tender, add…
Escaloped Eggs
Moisten bread-crumbs with milk or meat broth; place a layer of this in a well-buttered dish; slice some hard-boiled eggs, and dip each…
Frizzled Ham and Eggs
Take bits of either boiled or fried ham, chop fine, and place in skillet prepared with butter or beef drippings; take four to six…
Puff Omelet
Stir into the yolks of six eggs, and the whites of three beaten very light, one table-spoon of flour mixed into a tea-cup of cream or milk…
Poached Eggs
Break and drop them one at a time in salted water, to which some add a small lump of butter; some say drop in when simmering, others when…
Pickled Eggs
Pint strong vinegar, half pint cold water, tea-spoon each of cinnamon, allspice, and mace; boil the eggs till very hard and take off the…
Scrambled Eggs
In a deep earthen pie-plate, warm sweet milk, allowing two tablespoons to each egg (or less, with a large number of eggs), add a bit of…
Stuffed Eggs
Cut in two, hard-boiled eggs, remove yolks, chop, and mix with them chopped cold chicken, lamb, or veal (some add a little minced onion or…
Washington Omelet
Let one tea-cup milk come to a boil, pour it over one tea-cup bread-crumbs and let stand a few minutes. Break six eggs into a bowl; stir…
To Preserve Eggs
Make a solution of lime in rain-water, and allow the eggs to remain in it for several days. The lime will form a coating over the shells…