This interesting recipe for scrambled eggs was hiding in an old cookbook published in the 1930s.
I enjoy looking through all cookbooks. The only trouble with most older cookbooks is they use a lot of sugar, but sometimes there are some interesting recipes nonetheless. Anyway, this recipe for scrambled eggs caught my eye… I may just have to give it a try. It sounds like a lot of butter and cream, but for 6 servings, it really isn’t too bad.
The recipe is described as being “distantly related to the Spanish Omelet”…
Sophisticated Scrambled Eggs
(serves 6 – 
Ingredients:
- 1 dozen eggs
- 7/8 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 stick butter
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon white pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons tomato catsup
- Paprika
Beat eggs well, stir in salt and pepper and add cream, beating again thoroughly.
Melt butter in large pan, pour in eggs and place over medium heat. Stir steadily, cooking the eggs slowly.
Just before the eggs are set, add the Worcestershire and catsup.
Garnish with paprika and serve at once.
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Not having tried it yet, I can’t vouch for this recipe, but the cookbook says “These eggs, we are told, established a man’s reputation as a cook, though it was his only trick.”
Tagged as:
healthy eggs,
scrambled eggs
Celebrate National Iced Tea Day with a drink of your favorite type of tea!
My favorite iced tea is a blend. I use a coffee maker to brew it. Before that I had an iced tea maker, but it finally died, and I’ve just never got a new one. They work well however!
Anyway, here’s what I use for my favorite iced tea:
- 2 tablespoons, more or less, of loose leaf yerba mate
- 1 family sized bag of green tea
- 1 family sized bag of black tea
- 1 Mint Mate tea bag
- 1 Orange Blossom Mate tea bag
I tear open all the tea bags and pour the loose tea into the coffee filter, add filtered water, then let it brew. And I prefer decaffeinated tea, but that’s a matter of personal perference. Sometimes I change it up and use different flavored bags of tea for the last two.
I buy my yerba mate tea from Guayaki, and buy a big 5-poung bag of San Mateo Air Dried Mate along with half pound bags of the Orange Blossom Mate and a bag of mint mate.
After I fill a small canister with the San Mateo Mate, I put the rest in the freezer. A 5-pound bag lasts a LONG time, even though I brew a new batch almost every day!
I use liquid stevia to sweeten each glass full of tea before I drink it. Since yerba mate, green and black teas have healthful properties, this is a great beverage both taste wise and health-wise.
So enjoy a glass or two of iced tea today!
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black tea,
green tea,
iced tea,
yerba mate
