Hot Crab

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806

Source: New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
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Ingredients (7)

the meat out of a crab ↝ Imitation crab meat [Fish]
a very small bit of nutmeg ↝ Oil, nutmeg butter [Fats and Oils]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
a bit of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
crumbs of bread ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]
three spoonfuls of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]

Instructions (6)

Pick the meat out of a crab.
Clear the shell from the head.
Put the crab meat, a very small bit of nutmeg, salt, pepper, a bit of butter, crumbs of bread, and three spoonfuls of vinegar, into the crab shell again.
Set the filled shell before the fire.
You may brown it with a salamander.

Serving

Dry toast should be served to eat it upon.

Original Text

Hot Crab.

Pick the meat out of a crab, clear the shell from the head, then put the former, with a very small bit of nutmeg, salt, pepper, a bit of butter, crumbs of bread, and three spoonfuls of vinegar, into the shell again, and set it before the fire. You may brown it with a salamander.

Dry toast should be served to eat it upon.

Notes

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