Pea Omelet

Prepare Omelet I. As soon as the eggs are in the frying-pan, add a cupful of cooked and 8 drained peas, arranging carefully in the outermost half so that the other portion will fold over it. Finish as usual.

Omelet With Asparagus Tips

Have ready one cupful of cooked and drained asparagus tips. Prepare according to directions given for Pea Omelet.

Mushroom Omelet

Use fresh mushrooms, if possible. Fry, and drain on brown paper. When the eggs are in the frying-pan, spread the mushrooms on the outermost half of the omelet, so that the other portion will fold over it. Finish as usual.

Omelet With Tomato Sauce

Spread the outermost half of an omelet with tomato sauce, fold, and finish as usual.

Omelet Au Fromage

Prepare Omelet I, adding half a cupful of grated Parmesan cheese, or dried and grated American cheese, to the egg mixture.

Ham Omelet

Have ready one cupful of cooked ham, very finely minced. Spread on half of the omelet and fold the other part over it.

Oyster Omelet

One cupful of cooked oysters, minced or not, as preferred. Lay on half of the omelet and fold.

Clam Omelet

See Oyster Omelet.

Shrimp Omelet

One cupful of cooked and shredded shrimps. See Oyster Omelet.

Crab Omelet

One cupful of minced cooked crab meat. See Oyster Omelet.

Lobster Omelet

One cupful of cooked and shredded lobster. See Oyster Omelet.

Tomato Omelet

One half cupful of stewed and strained tomatoes, or of fresh tomatoes peeled and rubbed through a sieve. Spread on the outermost half of the omelet, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and fold.

Dried Beef Omelet

One cupful of dried beef, shredded or minced. Cook five minutes in boiling water, drain in a cloth, spread on the outermost half of the omelet, and fold.

Kidney Omelet

Cut the kidneys into inch pieces, fry, drain, and finish as for Mushroom Omelet.

Chicken Liver Omelet

One cupful of cooked chicken livers, cut in small pieces. See Oyster Omelet.

Sausage Omelet

Spread the outer portion of an omelet with cooked sausage meat and fold as usual.

Sardine Omelet

Rub to a paste with melted butter and lemon-juice enough sardines to make half a cupful. Spread thinly on the outer half of an omelet, and fold.

Cheese Omelet II

Spread one cupful of grated cheese, Swiss, American, or Parmesan, on the outer portion of an omelet when the eggs are first put in the pan. Cook and fold as usual.

Blazing Omelet

Make a plain omelet. Pour over it rum, kirsch, or brandy, ignite, and send to the table blazing. Serve as soon as the fire has gone out.

Bacon Omelet

Cook a plain omelet in bacon fat instead of in butter and garnish with crisp rashers of bacon.

Bacon Omelet II

Fry one cupful of minced bacon until crisp, drain off the fat, spread the bacon on half the omelet, and fold.