EGGS IN VARIOUS WAYS.1. Tumbled Eggs.Put on half a pint of milk, with a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Well beat up four eggs, add one teaspoon of finely chopped onion, a little Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. Stir into the milk; keep stirring all the time till it gets thick. Then lay it on nicely buttered toast, and serve neatly dished and decorated with parsley.2. Baked Eggs.Well grease a pie dish. Break into it as many eggs as you require, taking care not to break the yolks. Sprinkle over the top a light layer of bread crumbs, and pepper and salt to taste. Put some dabs of butter here and there overit, and bake a nice golden colour. This dish, though simple, is tasty and satisfying.3. Fricasseed Eggs.Have ready some hard-boiled eggs. Shell them, and cut them in quarters. Place them in a dish neatly. Now throw over them a white butter sauce, as per sauce recipe No. 1. Sprinkle over some Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. These should be eaten with toast sent to table separately.4. Dry Egg Currie.Chop four hard-boiled eggs very fine. Put them aside. Chop up one onion, two beads of garlic, very fine. Fry in three ounces of butter, with twelve cloves, a nice brown. Then add a tablespoon of best currie powder. Fry all togethera few minutes, and then add the minced eggs. Stir well, and let all the moisture absorb. Add salt to taste, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve with a separate dish of boiled rice or kedgree, as per recipe given.5. White Egg Currie.Have ready some hard-boiled eggs; shell them and cut them in half. Put them aside. Chop one onion and two cloves of garlic small, and fry in three ounces of butter with twenty-four cloves a pale yellow, then add one dessertspoon of the best currie powder, the milk of a cocoa-nut, and one small tea-cup of rich thick cream. Let it simmer gently for about half an hour. Strain it, and then add salt to taste, a squeeze of lemon, taking great care not to curdle the cream, and lastly, add the eggs. Warm thoroughly through. Serve with a separate dish of rice.6. Egg Zeste.Chop up six hard-boiled eggs small. Mix with them one teaspoon of chopped onions, one teaspoon of chopped parsley,one bead of garlic,veryfine, Nepaul pepper and salt to taste, the grated rind of a small lemon, and lastly, the strained juice of the lemon. This is very nice eaten with salads of any kind, or between bread and butter as a sandwich.7. Baked Eggs with Cheese.Butter a pie dish, sprinkle it well over with grated Parmesan cheese, a dust of Nepaul pepper and salt. Now break in six eggs, cover over with grated cheese, a dust of Nepaul pepper and salt, and bake a nice golden brown.8. Plain Omelette.Beat up the yolks of three eggs with two ounces of butter quite smooth. Add to it pepper and salt to taste, and a tablespoon of milk. Now beat the whites to a stiff froth, and stir them thoroughly into the mixture. Put in just a small pat of butter into a thoroughly clean frying-pan. Pour in your mixture, and let it set and get a bright golden yellow. Turn over neatly, lay it in a napkin, and garnish with parsley. The chief secret is a clean pan and a perfectly clear fire, which must not be too fierce.9. Omelette with Herbs.Just as previous one. Only add to the mixture one teaspoon of chopped onion, and one teaspoon of parsley. Fry the same as above, and serve on a napkin.10. Eggs with Tomatoes.Well butter as many Darrol moulds (plain ones) as you require, break an egg into each, carefully, add a dust of pepper and salt, put a wee dab of butter on top, and bake in the oven till nicely set. Have ready as many nice round red tomatoes as you have eggs, put them in a greased baking-tin, put a small dab of butter on each, dust them with pepper and salt, and bake them till soft. Now dish with an egg and a tomato alternately, and sprinkle over all some chopped parsley. This is a simple but pretty and tasty dish.11. Egg and Mushroom Souffle.Boil one ounce of semolina in one cup of milk till quite thick, take it off the fire, stir into it while hot a piece of butter the size of a walnut; let it get cool. When nearly cold, stir in three well beaten eggs, yolks and whitesseparately, the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Add Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. Well butter a plain border mould, fill the mixture in, let it bake till well set and of a nice colour. Have ready some mushrooms, prepared thus—pick and skin them, and fry them in plenty of butter, and pepper and salt, till quite soft and done. Turn out yoursouffléon to a paper, and fill in the centre with the fried mushrooms; sprinkle over the whole a little chopped parsley. Serve very hot.12. Egg Balls.Boil some eggs hard, take out the yolks, pound them in a mortar, mix with equal proportion of fine bread crumbs passed through a wire sieve, add a teaspoon of fine chopped onion, one bead of garlic, one teaspoon of parsley, one ounce of butter; mix well; bind the mixture with well beaten raw egg, form into balls, fry a nice brown, and serve strung on skewers.13. Egg Cutlets.Chop some hard-boiled eggs fine. Mix them with an equal quantity of fine bread crumbs. Add pepper and salt to taste. Bind the mixture with well beaten raw eggs. Form into nice shaped cutlets, and fry in butter a bright golden yellow. Serve neatly, and garnish with fried parsley and sippets of bread.14. Surprise Eggs.Boil as many eggs as you need hard. Cut a very small piece off the pointed end, so that the egg can stand, and then cut off as little as possible of the end—just enough to be able to take out the yolk nicely. If the white is very thick, thin it with a sharp knife, but beverycareful not to spoil the shape. Pound the yolks in a mortar. Mix with them one or two anchovies also pounded, a bit of butter, some Nepaul pepper, a few fine bread crumbs. Mix well together, form the mixture into little balls, and proceed to fill the whites of the eggs, so that it looks somewhat like the yolk inside. Now have ready a nice salad made of lettuce, endive, tarragon, and chervil, chopped very fine, and looking like a bed of moss. On this set the eggs, and ornament with chopped beet-root. This is a very pretty dish, and exceedingly tasty, and suitable for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.15. Stewed Eggs.Have a nice, tasty brown sauce, as No. 17. Put to it as many hard-boiled eggs as you want, cut in half some turned olives, and a few button mushrooms. Let it warm thoroughly through, and serve, ornamented with fried sippets of bread.
Put on half a pint of milk, with a piece of butter the size of a walnut. Well beat up four eggs, add one teaspoon of finely chopped onion, a little Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. Stir into the milk; keep stirring all the time till it gets thick. Then lay it on nicely buttered toast, and serve neatly dished and decorated with parsley.
Well grease a pie dish. Break into it as many eggs as you require, taking care not to break the yolks. Sprinkle over the top a light layer of bread crumbs, and pepper and salt to taste. Put some dabs of butter here and there overit, and bake a nice golden colour. This dish, though simple, is tasty and satisfying.
Have ready some hard-boiled eggs. Shell them, and cut them in quarters. Place them in a dish neatly. Now throw over them a white butter sauce, as per sauce recipe No. 1. Sprinkle over some Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. These should be eaten with toast sent to table separately.
Chop four hard-boiled eggs very fine. Put them aside. Chop up one onion, two beads of garlic, very fine. Fry in three ounces of butter, with twelve cloves, a nice brown. Then add a tablespoon of best currie powder. Fry all togethera few minutes, and then add the minced eggs. Stir well, and let all the moisture absorb. Add salt to taste, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Serve with a separate dish of boiled rice or kedgree, as per recipe given.
Have ready some hard-boiled eggs; shell them and cut them in half. Put them aside. Chop one onion and two cloves of garlic small, and fry in three ounces of butter with twenty-four cloves a pale yellow, then add one dessertspoon of the best currie powder, the milk of a cocoa-nut, and one small tea-cup of rich thick cream. Let it simmer gently for about half an hour. Strain it, and then add salt to taste, a squeeze of lemon, taking great care not to curdle the cream, and lastly, add the eggs. Warm thoroughly through. Serve with a separate dish of rice.
Chop up six hard-boiled eggs small. Mix with them one teaspoon of chopped onions, one teaspoon of chopped parsley,one bead of garlic,veryfine, Nepaul pepper and salt to taste, the grated rind of a small lemon, and lastly, the strained juice of the lemon. This is very nice eaten with salads of any kind, or between bread and butter as a sandwich.
Butter a pie dish, sprinkle it well over with grated Parmesan cheese, a dust of Nepaul pepper and salt. Now break in six eggs, cover over with grated cheese, a dust of Nepaul pepper and salt, and bake a nice golden brown.
Beat up the yolks of three eggs with two ounces of butter quite smooth. Add to it pepper and salt to taste, and a tablespoon of milk. Now beat the whites to a stiff froth, and stir them thoroughly into the mixture. Put in just a small pat of butter into a thoroughly clean frying-pan. Pour in your mixture, and let it set and get a bright golden yellow. Turn over neatly, lay it in a napkin, and garnish with parsley. The chief secret is a clean pan and a perfectly clear fire, which must not be too fierce.
Just as previous one. Only add to the mixture one teaspoon of chopped onion, and one teaspoon of parsley. Fry the same as above, and serve on a napkin.
Well butter as many Darrol moulds (plain ones) as you require, break an egg into each, carefully, add a dust of pepper and salt, put a wee dab of butter on top, and bake in the oven till nicely set. Have ready as many nice round red tomatoes as you have eggs, put them in a greased baking-tin, put a small dab of butter on each, dust them with pepper and salt, and bake them till soft. Now dish with an egg and a tomato alternately, and sprinkle over all some chopped parsley. This is a simple but pretty and tasty dish.
Boil one ounce of semolina in one cup of milk till quite thick, take it off the fire, stir into it while hot a piece of butter the size of a walnut; let it get cool. When nearly cold, stir in three well beaten eggs, yolks and whitesseparately, the whites beaten to a stiff froth. Add Nepaul pepper and salt to taste. Well butter a plain border mould, fill the mixture in, let it bake till well set and of a nice colour. Have ready some mushrooms, prepared thus—pick and skin them, and fry them in plenty of butter, and pepper and salt, till quite soft and done. Turn out yoursouffléon to a paper, and fill in the centre with the fried mushrooms; sprinkle over the whole a little chopped parsley. Serve very hot.
Boil some eggs hard, take out the yolks, pound them in a mortar, mix with equal proportion of fine bread crumbs passed through a wire sieve, add a teaspoon of fine chopped onion, one bead of garlic, one teaspoon of parsley, one ounce of butter; mix well; bind the mixture with well beaten raw egg, form into balls, fry a nice brown, and serve strung on skewers.
Chop some hard-boiled eggs fine. Mix them with an equal quantity of fine bread crumbs. Add pepper and salt to taste. Bind the mixture with well beaten raw eggs. Form into nice shaped cutlets, and fry in butter a bright golden yellow. Serve neatly, and garnish with fried parsley and sippets of bread.
Boil as many eggs as you need hard. Cut a very small piece off the pointed end, so that the egg can stand, and then cut off as little as possible of the end—just enough to be able to take out the yolk nicely. If the white is very thick, thin it with a sharp knife, but beverycareful not to spoil the shape. Pound the yolks in a mortar. Mix with them one or two anchovies also pounded, a bit of butter, some Nepaul pepper, a few fine bread crumbs. Mix well together, form the mixture into little balls, and proceed to fill the whites of the eggs, so that it looks somewhat like the yolk inside. Now have ready a nice salad made of lettuce, endive, tarragon, and chervil, chopped very fine, and looking like a bed of moss. On this set the eggs, and ornament with chopped beet-root. This is a very pretty dish, and exceedingly tasty, and suitable for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.
Have a nice, tasty brown sauce, as No. 17. Put to it as many hard-boiled eggs as you want, cut in half some turned olives, and a few button mushrooms. Let it warm thoroughly through, and serve, ornamented with fried sippets of bread.