Shrimp Omelette

Origin: Chicago, Illinois

Source: Sara Bosse and Onoto Watanna (Winnifred Eaton), 1914

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Heat the sweet lard in the pan until hot.
  2. Add the washed and finely cut mushrooms, and cook for five minutes.
  3. Add the cooked, flaked shrimp meat and cook for two minutes more.
  4. Beat the five eggs and pour into the pan.
  5. Cook for five minutes, being careful not to burn the omelette; do not stir or shake the pan, only move it very gently.
  6. Slip the omelette from the pan without breaking it, presenting it with the mushroom and shrimp side up or folded in two.
  7. Serve on a hot platter.

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