This section is from the book "The Laurel Health Cookery", by Evora Bucknum Perkins. Also available from Amazon: The Laurel Health Cookery.
4 eggs a few drops of onion juice
1/2 teaspn. salt 1 cup water, milk or thin cream
Beat eggs, salt and onion juice until blended only; add liquid gradually. Divide equally among 6 well buttered timbale molds (common cups will serve the purpose). Stand in a pan half filled with hot water and bake in a moderate oven about 20 m., or till firm to the touch. Turn out carefully on heated platter and pour bread or tomato sauce around. 5 or 6 eggs are sometimes used.
A teaspn. of chopped parsley with or without onion, a few peas or a little stewed corn may be added to eggs before putting into cups.
The timbales may be served on rounds of toast or of broiled trumese or nutmese.
4.-6 hard boiled eggs 1/2 - 1 cup finely-sliced celery
2 cups boiled rice 1 tablespn. chopped parsley
1/4 cup oil salt
Slice eggs and chop a little, leaving coarse; mix with rice, celery, parsley, oil and salt and press into well oiled mold; set in pan of water in oven, cover and bake 3/4 - 1 hour. Unmold and serve with cream sauce. Celery may be omitted and creamed celery or creamed peas served with the loaf. Individual molds may be used.
 
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