Fried Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Heat bacon fat in a skillet over medium heat.
Crack the eggs into the skillet without turning them.
Spoon the hot bacon fat over the eggs as they cook.
Avoid overheating the fat to prevent a hard crust on the eggs.
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.
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