he stale bread grated, and some pepper and salt.
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SAUCE A-LA-CREME, FOR THE EGGS.
Put a quarter of a pound of butter, with a large table-spoonful of flour
rubbed well into it in a sauce pan; add some chopped parsley, a little
onion, salt, pepper, nutmeg, and a gill of cream; stir it over the fire
until it begins to boil, then pour it over the eggs, cover the top with
grated bread, set it in a Dutch oven with a heated top, and when a light
brown, send it to table.
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CABBAGE A-LA-CREME.
Take two good heads of cabbage, cut out the stalks, boil it tender, with
a little salt in the water--have ready one large spoonful of butter, and
a small one of flour rubbed into it, half a pint of milk, with pepper
and salt; make it hot, put the cabbage in after pressing out the water,
and stew it till quite tender.
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TO MAKE AN OMELETTE.
Break six or eight eggs in a dish, beat them a little, add parsley and
chives chopped small, with pepper and salt; mix all well together, put a
piece of butter in a pan, let it melt over a clear fire till nearly
brown; pour in the eggs, stir it in, and in a few minutes it will be
done sufficiently; double it, and dish it quite hot.
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OMELETTE--ANOTHER WAY.
Break six eggs, leave out half the whites--beat them with a fork, and
add some salt and chopped parsley; take four ounces of fresh butter, cut
half of it in small pieces, put them in the omelette, put the other half
in a small frying pan; when melted, pour in the eggs; stir till it
begins to set, then turn it up round the edges; when done, put a plate
on and turn the pan up, that it may not break--the omelette must be
thick, and great care must be taken in frying; instead of parsley, you
may use any kind of sweet herb or onion chopped fine, anchovy minced,
rasped beef, ham or tongue.
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GASPACHO--SPANISH
Put some soft biscuit or toasted bread in the bottom of a sallad bowl,
put in a layer of sliced tomatos with the skin taken off, and one of
sliced cucumbers, sprinkled with pepper, salt, and chopped onion; do
this until the bowl is full; stew some tomatos quite soft, strain the
juice, mix in some mustard, oil, and water, and pour over it; make it
two hours before it is eaten.
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EGGS
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