Asparagus in the Oven

Ingredients

• Four bundles of asparagus
• One pint of sweet milk
• Two or three eggs
• One teaspoonful of flour 
• Teaspoonful of butter
• Salt
• Pepper
• Butter
• Onion juice
• Parsley
• A soupcon [a pinch] of grated cheese.

Directions

1. Boil the asparagus. 
2. Cut off the soft tips about an inch long. 
3. Add to them a pint of sweet milk. 
4. Mix two or three eggs, a teaspoonful of flour (into which a teaspoonful of butter is mixed), salt, pepper, butter, onion juice, parsley. 
5. Add all together with a soupcon [a pinch] of grated cheese on top
6. Put in the oven to bake for fifteen minutes.

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days 
Prepared by Morgan Payne
Louisiana Anthology
November 5, 2014