Fried Eggs

Ingredients

• 4 eggs
• 1/4 lb lard
• butter or clarified dripping
• FRIED EGGS ON BACON.]

Instructions

1. Place a delicately-clean frying-pan over a gentle fire;
2. put in the fat, and allow it to come to the boiling-point.
3. Break the eggs into cups, slip them into the boiling fat, and let them remain until the whites are delicately set; and, whilst they are frying, ladle a little of the fat over them.
4. Take them up with a slice, drain them for a minute from their greasy moisture, trim them neatly, and serve on slices of fried bacon or ham; or the eggs may be placed in the middle of the dish, with the bacon put round as a garnish.