This section is from the book "Cookery Reformed: Or The Lady's Assistant", by P. Davey and B. Law.
Take two quarts of Shrimps, and put them in a pint of white wine, with grated nutmeg. Then take half a pound of melted butter, and beat in eight eggs, with a little white wine. Mix all together, and put the saucepan over the fire; shaking it constantly one way till the mixture is thick enough. Lay toasted sippets in the dish, and pour the shrimps over them.
Take a pint of beef gravy, well seasoned, and half a pint of shrimps; put them together into a saucepan, and thicken the mixture with a piece of good butter roll'd in flour, and let it boil.
 
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