Original Receipt in 'The Book of Household Management', 1861, edited by Isabella Beeton (See Mrs.B)BACHELOR'S OMELET.
1462. INGREDIENTS: 2 or 3 eggs, 2 oz. of butter, 1 teaspoonful of flour,½ teacupful of milk.
Mode: Make a thin cream of the flour and milk; then beat up the eggs, mix all together, and add a pinch of salt and a few grains of cayenne. Melt the butter in a small frying-pan, and, when very hot, pour in the batter. Let the pan remain for a few minutes over a clear fire; 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. A simple sweet omelet can be made by the same process, substituting sugar or preserve for the chopped herbs.
Time: 2 minutes.
Average cost: 6d.
Sufficient: for 2 persons.
Seasonable: at any time.