This section is from the book "The Table: How To Buy Food, How to Cook It, and How to Serve It", by Alessandro Filippini. Also available from Amazon: The Table: How To Buy Food, How To Cook It And How To Serve It.
Brown in a saucepan two onions, with one ounce of butter; add one pound of cooked, well-chopped corned beef, and one pint of hashed potatoes. Moisten with a gill of broth, and a gill of Espagnole (No. 151). Season with half a pinch of pepper and a third of a pinch of nutmeg ; stir well and let cook for fifteen minutes, then serve with six poached eggs on top (No. 404), and sprinkle over with a pinch of chopped parsley.
 
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