Bachelor's Omelet

Ingredients

• 2-3 eggs
• 2 oz butter
• 1 teaspoonful flour
• 1/2 teacupful milk

Instructions

1. Make a thin cream of the flour and milk;
2. then beat up the eggs, mix all together, and add a pinch of salt and a few grains of cayenne.
3. Melt the butter in a small frying-pan, and, when very hot, pour in the batter.
4. Let the pan remain for a few minutes over a clear fire;
5. then sprinkle upon the omelet some chopped herbs and a few shreds of onion; double the omelet dexterously, and shake it out of the pan on to a hot dish.
6. A simple sweet omelet can be made by the same process, substituting sugar or preserve for the chopped herbs.