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Eggs on Toast

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Eggs on Toast

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Bring a pot of water to a boil, then reduce to a simmer.

  2. Add 1 teaspoon of salt to the water.

  3. Place muffin rings in the water.

  4. Crack each egg into a cup, then gently pour it into a ring.

  5. Cook the eggs gently until a white film forms on top.

  6. Remove the rings and place each egg on a slice of toast.

  7. Toast the bread while the eggs are cooking.

  8. Quickly dip each slice of toast in hot water to moisten, then place on a platter.

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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