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[Eva Elisabeth]

Kudos, Gene! It was Herndon's recipe, and actually he was drunk when he created this dish.

Petersburg newspaper editor John Hill recalled (as he told to Ida Tarbell in 1896) witnessing this in a restaurant, and ended: ",...and [Herndon]was about to duplicate, when I persuaded him to go with me to the hotel, and finally put him to bed. This is one of many instances."

Gene, your prize is a dinner à la Herndon (and I consider awarding all guessers as my hints were so distracting ...)