Potted Prawns, Shrimps, or Cray-fish (No. 175)

The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's ... · Kitchiner, William · 1817
Source
The Cook's Oracle; and Housekeeper's Manual
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (5)
  1. Boil the prawns, shrimps, or cray-fish in water with plenty of salt.
  2. When you have picked them, powder them with a little beaten mace, or grated nutmeg, or allspice, and pepper and salt.
  3. Add a little cold butter, and pound all well together in a marble mortar till of the consistence of paste.
  4. Put it into pots covered with clarified butter.
  5. Cover them over with wetted bladder.
Original Text
Potted Prawns, Shrimps, or Cray-fish.—(No. 175.) Boil them in water with plenty of salt in it. When you have picked them, powder them with a little beaten mace, or grated nutmeg, or allspice, and pepper and salt; add a little cold butter, and pound all well together in a marble mortar till of the consistence of paste. Put it into pots covered with clarified butter, and cover them over with wetted bladder.
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