Sufficient to Serve Six
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- 1/2 c. grated cheese
- 2 Tb. bread crumbs
- 4 Tb. milk
- 4 eggs
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 3 Tb. butter
Mix the grated cheese with the bread crumbs, milk, egg yolks, salt, and pepper. Beat the egg whites until they are stiff and fold them into the other ingredients. To cook the omelet, proceed according to the directions given for making puff omelet in Art. 59.
61. TOMATO OMELET.--The addition of tomatoes to an omelet makes an attractive dish as far as color is concerned, and, at the same time, it gives variety by improving the flavor. Such an omelet is also less concentrated than a plain omelet, for the tomatoes provide bulk and additional water is added. While in a way these lower the food value of the dish, the loss is more than made up by the qualities that are added.
TOMATO OMELET
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Sufficient to Serve Six
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- 6 eggs
- 1/2 c. milk
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 3 Tb. fat
- 2 medium-sized ripe tomatoes