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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19139, 7 October 1936, Page 11

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THE INDISPENSABLE EGG T SUPPOSE- thru eggs may he cooked in more ways than any other food, from the boiled egg right up to the most elaborate omelet or soullle. There might almost he said to he a universal understanding that among all good foods, eggs hold a dominant position. Given a good supply ot fresh eggs, nothing need daunt the resourceful housewife, for the egg can rise to any occasion, and lie made to do duty loi breakfast, lunch, tea or supper, or any other odd or unexpected emergency meal which may happen to crop up. Here are a. few recipes which will servo for breakfast ,or lunch. SCOTCH EGGS. Hanl-hoiled Eggs . . • • 0 Sausages or Sausage Meat . . lib. Breadcrumbs , Dripping. 1 raw Egg. Skin the sausages and divide them into equal portions. Snell tne eggs, cover with sausage meat, coat nun egg and dried breadcrumbs and try in hot fat. Drain well and cut in halves. Serve on fried bread or with mashed potato border. ft EGG PIE. Eggs .. •• I Gravy 1 cupful Breadcrumbs. Butter. Salt. Pepper. Pour enough gravy into a piedish to cover the bottom well. Put the dish in the oven till the gravy is hot. Break eggs into it, not too close together. Strew breadcrumbs over tne top; pepper and salt. Return to the men for tw.o or three minutes. Then pour the remainder of the gravy (made hot) over them, then more bread cm m Its, put small pieces ol butter over, and hake till the eggs are set. CALCUTTA EGGS WITH SPAGHETTI. Here is a dish from India: — Spaghetti .. • • h lb. Poached Eggs .. . - t> White Sauce .. •• L cups Curry Powder .. .. h teaspoon Cook the spaghetti without breaking it; drain, season and coil into nests oil individual plates. Lay a poached egg in the centre ot each nest and pour over the top the while sauce seasoned with the cuny powder. ESCALLOPED EGGS WITH CHEESE. White Sauce .. •• L cups Halved Hard-Boiled Eggs - - - - <> Grated Cheese.. -- :i cup Breadcrumbs - • k cup Melted Butter .. 1 tablespoon Place the eggs In a buttered linking dish; pour over Hie white sauce, combined with the grated cheese. Sprinkle the top with the crumbs and melted butter. Bake in a moderate oven till brown. BAKED EGGS IN POTATO NESTS. Em- children, eggs may he served in the following way:— On a buttered baking or pyrex dish make nests of hot mashed potatoes. Into each nest break an egg, being careful to keep the egg whole. Dot with butter and seasoning. Bake in a moderate .oven till the eggs me

set. . , Variation.—Wash medium sized potatoes well. l’lace them in their jackets on the shelf of a hot o\eu until soft. Scoop out the centre of the potato. Drop in a whole raw egg. Dot butter on the t.op and bake in a moderate oven until the egg has set,