* Beat the eggs and add the salt, pepper and nutmeg. * Dissolve the marmite and tomato puree in the milk (or water) and add this mixture to the beaten eggs. * Pour this over the oatmeal and leave it soaking for 30 minutes. * Cut the onions in rings. Cut the rings that aren’t pretty in tiny pieces and add it to the oatmeal. * Make 4 burgers of the oatmeal mixture. * Warm up the butter in a pan and brown the burgers quickly on both sides on high heat. * Add a teacup of water and loosen chunks that are stuck to the bottom. Add the onion rings and let it stew for 40 minutes on low fire with the lid on. Sprinkle some gravy from the bottom on the burgers now and then.
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**This is from a booklet from “Planta” margarine from 1927. It tasted suprisingly like minced meat!**
# Ingredients
* 150 gram (3 teacups) Oatmeal
* 3 Eggs
* 1 Onion
* 1 teaspoon Salt
* 1/2 teaspoon White Pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon Nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon Marmite/Vegimite
* 3 tablespoons Milk (or Water)
* 1 full tablespoon Tomato puree
* 100 gram Margarine
# Directions
* Beat the eggs and add the salt, pepper and nutmeg.
* Dissolve the marmite and tomato puree in the milk (or water) and add this mixture to the beaten eggs.
* Pour this over the oatmeal and leave it soaking for 30 minutes.
* Cut the onions in rings. Cut the rings that aren’t pretty in tiny pieces and add it to the oatmeal.
* Make 4 burgers of the oatmeal mixture.
* Warm up the butter in a pan and brown the burgers quickly on both sides on high heat.
* Add a teacup of water and loosen chunks that are stuck to the bottom. Add the onion rings and let it stew for 40 minutes on low fire with the lid on. Sprinkle some gravy from the bottom on the burgers now and then.
**For more information/ a modern take:** [**Smodder.com**](https://smodder.com/vegetarian-oatmeal-burgers-from-1927/)
Stealing this! Looks great.
It’s interesting.
Most of the early 20th century vegetarian recipes (such as those I have seen from George Bernard Shaw) involved nut loaves or lentil loaves.
Remarkably well preserved considering
I’ll just show myself out…
I’m more impressed by those beautiful mashed potato florets
Nope!
Just Nooooo.
Not against vegetarian food but the recipe is not appealing and that photo …
This is so ahead of its time. And actually looks delicious. As a former vegetarian though I would’ve been completely triggered by the use of eggs.
Ok, what’s a modern substitution for marmite or vegimite?
This recipe is so interesting, and I have to say the result looks pretty tasty!