spinach
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)
Ingredients:
Instructions:
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)
Ingredients:
spinach
1 heaping tbsp. butter
pepper and salt
3 hard-boiled eggs
nicely poached eggs
Instructions:
Pick and soak several hours in cold water. Drain and shake each bunch. Throw in boiling water and boil till tender. Take up with a perforated skimmer. Put in a saucepan with a heaping tablespoonful butter; pepper and salt to taste. Stir in three hard-boiled eggs, chopped up. Let it simmer, stirring frequently. Put in a deep dish and cover with nicely poached eggs, buttered, peppered, and salted. Sea-kale may be prepared by the same recipe. - Mrs. S.T.
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