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Plain Omelet

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Plain Omelet

Ingredients

Directions

  1. 3 Frying-pans. I Baking-dish. I Skimmer.

  2. Utensils Required.

  3. I Broad Knife.

  4. I Platter to beat whites of eggs.

  5. MATERIAL REQUIRED — EXPENSE.

  6. Dozen Eggs • • - ■ • • $o 35

  7. Pint of Milk 04

  8. Lb. of Butter 12

  9. Pieces of Stale Bread

  10. Salt, Pepper 01

  11. ©RpER OF IXERCISE.

  12. CHORD — BE SEATED.

  13. Song — ''Beating Eggs''

  14. A few QtLestio7is.

  15. Read Bill of Fare.

  16. Appoint three girls to each receipt.

  17. Have the eggs to be poached dropped carefully into separate cups.

  18. The eggs to be scrambled, or made into omelet, have broken in such a way as to drop the yolks and whites into different dishes.

  19. For the omelet have yolks and whites beaten separately.

  20. For the scrambled eggs, yolks and whites can be beaten together, but for practice have them separated when broken.

  21. Have toast made for poached eggs.

  22. Then have eggs poached, and eggs to be baked put in oven.

  23. Next the scrambled eggs should be cooked — lastly, the omelet.

  24. When all is cooked, have girls taste.

  25. Review Questions. Dismiss Class.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

455Calories
13 gProtein
1 gFat
95 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 2 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Emily Huntington (1841–1909). Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.

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