• Tweet

2 egg yolks
2 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon mustard
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon butter
1/3 cup vinegar
1/3 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
4 slices bacon, crumbled small

• Beat egg yolk thoroughly.
• Sift dry ingredients together and add to the egg yolk mixture, mixing well.
• Gradually and alternately add the vinegar and water.
• Cook in double boiler until thick and creamy. Can be cooked directly over flame, but must be watched carefully and stirred constantly.
• Add butter, beating smooth.
• Remove from heat.
• Add bacon pieces.
• Store in refrigerator.

adapted from original recipe (page 106) ‘A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband’ by Louise Bennett Weaver and Helen Cowles LeCron