This section is from the book "Soyer's Standard Cookery", by Nicolas Soyer. Also available from Amazon: Soyer's Standard Cookery.
Take six slices of stale bread and sprinkle them on both sides with sugar before placing them in the oven to brown. Mix the yolks of three eggs and one ounce of butter with a pint of boiling milk, and add it to a pint of white stock flavored with pepper, salt, nutmeg, and chopped parsley. Pour the whole over the slices of toast, and keep it hot for ten minutes before serving.
 
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