[Sca-cooks] Boiled Eggs

[Philip & Susan Troy]

bill mayfield wrote:

>
>
>   Doing some reading this week-end I came across
>    a reference to Boiled eggs used as garnish.
>   (Early french Cookery pg.367-368)
>  Also seen a recipe that called for poached eggs
>    (Take a 1000 eggs or more Vol.I pg.24)
>  This peeked my curiosity and lead to some more
>   reading thru my books,while not the greatest is
>  a start.
>   My queston is this......When is the first documented
>  use of boiled eggs ether as garnish or as an ingrediant ?


I STR Apicius has recipes for boiled eggs in sauce. Or do they have to be a sauce ingredient?


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