Spinach
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- Spinach
- Butter
- Pepper
- Salt
- Poached eggs
Instructions
- Great care must be used in washing and picking it clean.
- Drain it and throw it into boiling water; a few minutes will boil it sufficiently.
- Press out all the water.
- Put it in a stew pan with a piece of butter, some pepper and salt.
- Chop it continually with a spoon till it is quite dry.
- Serve it with poached eggs or without, as you please.