From Florida Back Roads Travel ...
Many Florida crackers were cowboys, or as they called them back then, "cow hunters'. Sometimes
they'd be out on the range for days or weeks rounding up cattle,
branding them, and getting ready to drive them across the state to Punta
Rassa and other cattle exporting ports. Note: here might be a typical breakfast they cooked over the campfire early in the morning.
Ingredients
1/2 lb. bacon slices
2 small potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 dozen eggs, beaten together
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Directions - in a cast iron skillet ...
1. Cook the bacon until it's crispy. Set the
bacon strips aside.
2. Put
the diced potatoes into the skillet, stir and cook in the hot bacon fat
until the potatoes are soft.
3. Break the bacon slices into the
skillet on top of the potatoes.
4. Stir in the beaten eggs.
5. Cover the skillet and cook until the eggs are set up. Usually takes 2 or 3 minutes.
6. Take the cover off and sprinkle the cheddar cheese on top until it melts.
Serve and enjoy. Adjust quantities up or down depending on the number of cowboys.

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