_Data_: six hard, boiled-eggs (20 minutes).
(a) Cut eggs in halves lengthwise.
(b) Remove yolks, and put whites aside in pairs.
(c) Mash yolks, and add
(1) Half the amount of devilled ham.
(2) Enough melted butter to make of consistency to shape.
(“Half _what_ amount of devilled ham?” thought the
Goblin. “And where does the devilled ham come from? How
does one devil a ham? What a pity Henry James never
wrote a cook-book! It would have been lucid compared to
this. _To make of consistency to shape_--what on earth
does that mean?”)
(d) Clean and chop two chickens' livers, sprinkle with onion
juice, and saute in butter--(“No!” he cried, “that's _eggs
farci_. Wrong theorem!”)
(d) Make in balls (“Make _what_ in balls?”) size of original
yolks (“Note: remember to measure original yolks before cutting
them lengthwise”).
(e) Refill whites (“Let's see, what did I fill 'em with
before?”)
(f) Form remainder of mixture into a nest. (“That's a nice
little homely touch.”)
(g) Arrange eggs in the nest and
(1) Pour over one cup White Sauce.
(“Memo: See p. 266 for White Sauce.”)
(2) Sprinkle with buttered crumbs.
(“Allow plenty of time for buttering those crumbs;
that sounds rather ticklish work.”)
(3) Bake until crumbs are brown.
(h) Garnish with a border of toast points and a wreath of
parsley.