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One of the most delicious smells in the entire world is the smell of smoked bacon frying in a pan on a frosty morning. You can get hungry just thinking about it. Put in some fresh free-range eggs and it gets even better. Add some English button mushrooms, and you have a feast almost too good to eat only at breakfast time. Bacon, eggs, and mushrooms with fresh bread and butter and a glass of fresh milk is one of my very favorite meals. Jack liked mushrooms probably more than anything else, and he loved this particular recipe. In Narnia the Dwarfs are wonderful cooks, and this meal is one their most favorite dishes.

“It was, in fact, the smell of bacon and eggs and mushrooms all frying in a pan.”

—THE HORSE AND HIS BOY

PER PERSON:

2 pieces thick sliced bacon

2 white button mushrooms, cleaned, stems trimmed even with base of cap

2 large eggs

2 slices bread, toasted, lightly buttered, and halved diagonally

1. In a nonstick frying pan over medium heat, cook the bacon, turning now and then, until firm but not crispy. Add the mushrooms and cook until they are wilted. Push the bacon and mushrooms to one side of the pan, and tilt the pan so the fat runs down to the other side. Crack the eggs into a saucer and slide them into the fat, keeping the pan tilted until the eggs are set. When they are firm enough to stay in place, set the pan flat on the stove, cover, and cook until the eggs are done.

2. Drain off the excess fat and place on a warmed plate. Serve with the toast.