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Eggs, Pauvre Femme

Lightly butter a large baking dish, carefully crack in twelve fresh eggs, season with half teaspoon salt and two saltspoons pepper. Cut two ounces stale sandwich bread in quarter-inch-square pieces, place in a black frying pan with an ounce of butter, shuffle the pan on the fire until the bread attains a nice brown colour, then pour them over the eggs, set in the oven for five minutes, remove, pour half gill hot demi-glace over them and serve.