This section is from the book "Cooking For Profit", by Jessup Whitehead. Also available from Amazon: Cooking for Profit.
Stew tomatoes down nearly dry, season with butter, pepper and salt. In-close a spoonful in the middle of an omelet according to the preceeding examples.
Cost of omelets. Omelets are kept off the bill of fare more on account of the time and attention required to cook them properly than because of their cost which is only from 1/2c to lc more than the eggs alone would be. This is speaking of hotel and family orders where the added seasonings is but about a tablespoonful, and not of omelets with asparagus, points or other rarities. Eggs vary in price from 6 cents per dozen in country places to 60 cents in the cities at midwinter.
 
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