Hangtown Fry - 1948 Recipe

The first story comes from a man who was to be hanged in the town and was given a last meal request. He asked that his meal contain Olympian oysters, bacon, and eggs, which were all expensive and had to be shipped in. While he was waiting for the delivery his buddies broke him out of jail.

The second is about a miner who struck it rich in Hangtown, now known as Placerville. He supposedly walked into the El Dorado Hotel and asked the cook to make him the most expensive meal they offered. They cook said oysters, bacon, and eggs were the most expensive ingredients, so the mixed them all together and the Hangtown Fry was born.

In 1948 a Placerville newspaper wrote a story called, GOLD RUSH RECIPE STILL GOOD EATIN’. They wrote the following: ...

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