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Eggs with Spinach à la Martin

A historical recipe from The Boston cooking-school cook book, by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896).

A historical recipe

The Boston cooking-school cook book, by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896). Project Gutenberg eBook #65061.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From The Boston cooking-school cook book, by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #65061 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65061). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Cover the centre of a platter with finely chopped and seasoned cooked spinach.
  2. Beat three eggs slightly, add three tablespoons hot water, one-third teaspoon salt, one tablespoon, each, red and green pepper cut in strips, and one tablespoon cooked ham cut in very small pieces.
  3. Heat omelet pan, put in one and one-half tablespoons olive oil, and as soon as heated pour in mixture.
  4. Cook same as French Omelet and turn on to spinach.
  5. Garnish with parsley.