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RecipeEggs, Cheese, and LegumesYield: 2 servingsCook time: 4 min

Fried Eggs

Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 146. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.

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Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons margarine or butter, or nonstick spray coating
  • 4 eggs

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet melt margarine or butter over medium heat. (Or, spray a cold skillet with nonstick coating, then heat.) Add eggs. When whites are set, add 1 teaspoon water. Cover skillet; cook eggs to desired doneness (about 2 minutes for soft or 4 minutes for firm).
  2. Note: For 1 or 2 eggs, use a small skillet and 1 teaspoon margarine or butter.

Source and image provenance

Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.

Image credit: Image attribution: "Two fried eggs.jpg" by Balise42; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_fried_eggs.jpg. Cropped/resized.

Community edition: The recipe was transcribed and formatted for interoperability with Nextcloud Cookbook. Review the historical scan before relying on measurements or instructions.

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