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Scrambled eggs

Basic scrambled eggs
Serves 4

From M.F.K. Fisher’s How To Cook A Wolf.

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8 good fresh eggs
½ pint (250ml) rich cream
s alt and freshly ground pepper
g rated cheese, herbs, whatnot, if desired

First
Break eggs gently into cold iron skillet. Pour cream in, and stir quietly until the whole is blended, but no more. Never beat or whip.

Second
Heat very slowly, stirring from the bottom in large curds, as seldom as possible. Never let bubble. Add seasoning at the last stir or two. This takes perhaps half an hour. It cannot be hurried.

Third
Serve on toast, when it is barely firm. If herbs or cheese or mushrooms and so forth are added, it should be when the eggs are half done.

Sept 2006 © Yvonne Koh