May 2023 Cookery Corner

Recipe of the Month

Source: Ye Olde Newbury Cook Book 1927, Published in the Interests of the Ladies' Benevolent Society of the Oldtown Parish First Church, Newbury, Mrs. Caroline Randall.

Omelette

Six eggs beaten separately, whites very stiff.

Add to beaten yolk 3 quarters cup white sauce pepper and salt to taste.

Put a dessert spoon of butter in frying pan, then the yolks and then the beaten whites.

Let stand over moderate fire until brown underneath; brown the top in the oven.

Fold and turn into platter, pouring the remainder of the sauce over the omelette.

Sauce:

Two tablespoons of butter, two tablespoons flour cooked into butter; then add two cups milk very slowly, stirring until it thickens.

--- Alice B. Woods