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Omelet with Fresh Mushrooms

A historical recipe from Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer.

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A historical recipe

Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Project Gutenberg eBook #6429.

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

Ingredients 4 ingredients

  1. two tablespoonfuls of butter
  2. a pound of mushrooms
  3. a half cup of milk
  4. a teaspoonful of salt

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. This is one of the most delicious of all the luncheon dishes.
  2. Put two tablespoonfuls of butter, a pound of mushrooms, sliced, a half cup of milk and a teaspoonful of salt into a saucepan.
  3. Cover and cook slowly for twenty minutes.
  4. Make two six-egg omelets.
  5. Turn them, side by side, on a large heated platter, pour over the fresh mushrooms and serve at once.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Spatula
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Many Ways for Cooking Eggs, by S. T. Rorer. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #6429 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6429). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.