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Apple Tansey
Instructions:
To make an Apple Tansey,
Take three pippins, slice them round in thin slices, and fry them with butter; then beat four
eggs, with six spoonfuls of cream, a little rosewater, nutmeg, and sugar; stir them together,
and pour it over the apples; let it fry a little, and turn it with a pye-plate. Garnish with
lemon and sugar strew'd over it.
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