3 eggs.
1 heaped tablespoonful of corn starch.
1-1/2 gills of milk.
1 teaspoonful of salt.
1 tablespoonful of butter.
Heat one gill of the milk to the boiling point. Mix the corn starch with the half-gill of cold milk and stir into the boiling milk. Cook for one minute, stirring all the time. Add the salt and butter, and take from the fire. Beat the yolks and whites of the eggs separately; then stir them into the cooked ingredients. Turn the mixture into a buttered baking dish and cook in a moderate oven for about twelve minutes. Serve at once.
Bread Omelet.
2 ounces of stale bread (one large slice).
1 gill of boiling water.
1 gill of cold milk.