½ can tomatoes3 beaten eggs
1 slice onion1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 cloves½ teaspoon salt
½ cup chopped cooked ham

Cook tomatoes, onion, and cloves fifteen minutes, and rub through a sieve; add ham, eggs, and seasonings, and cook three or four minutes, stirring all the time. Serve on toast or crackers.

217.—BREAD OMELET

2 tablespoons bacon fat½ teaspoon salt
¾ cup soft stale bread crumbs¼ teaspoon paprika
¾ cup hot milk3 eggs

Melt fat in frying pan, add bread crumbs, and stir until crumbs begin to brown; add hot milk, and let stand five minutes; add salt and paprika, and the yolks beaten until thick and light; fold in the stiffly beaten whites, pour into a hot greased omelet pan, and cook the same as Light Omelet (see No. 222).

218.—CREAMY OMELET

3 eggs1/3 teaspoon salt
1 cup White Sauce (see No. 207)1/8 teaspoon pepper

Beat yolks until thick and light; add to sauce and mix well; add salt and pepper to whites of eggs, beat until stiff and dry, and fold into sauce; pour into a hot greased omelet pan, and cook slowly until well risen and firm; put on oven grate for a minute or two to dry the top; fold, and turn on a hot platter.

219.—FRENCH OMELET

1 tablespoon butter or bacon fat1/8 teaspoon pepper
4 eggs1/3 cup hot water
½ teaspoon salt