This section is from the book "The Blue Grass Cook Book", by Minnie C. Fox. Also available from Amazon: The Blue Grass Cook Book.
Hard boil the eggs and cut into slices. Put a layer of eggs in a baking-dish well buttered, then add bread-crumbs with pieces of butter throughout. Season with salt and pepper and cover the top with crumbs and grated cheese and bake a rich brown.
Boil 3 minutes for soft-boiled eggs, Boil 5 minutes for hard-boiled eggs, Boil 15 minutes for salad.
6 eggs,
3 tablespoons cream, 1 tablespoon butter, Salt and pepper to taste.
Put butter in a hot baking-dish. After breaking the eggs one at a time in a saucer, slip carefully into the hot baking-dish. Add the cream and sprinkle salt and pepper over them. Cook 5 minutes and serve hot in the baking-dish.
Boil eggs hard, cut in slices and lay on a dish, add a layer of grated bread-crumbs, a little salt and pepper, and a pint of milk or cream. Let it boil. While boiling, stir in a tablespoon of butter with a tablespoon of flour mashed in it. Let it mix well; then pour over the eggs, and bake a few minutes.
Take 1/2 dozen small ripe tomatoes, remove the skins and stew them. Strain and season with salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon butter, and add a pinch of soda. Return to the fire and add 2 tablespoons flour and boil till thick. Scramble the eggs and pour the sauce around them and serve at once.
 
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