To Boil Lobsters

Modern cookery for private families · Acton, Eliza · 1845
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Modern cookery for private families
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (5)
boiling liquid
main ingredient
Instructions (4)
  1. Choose them by the directions given at the commencement of this chapter, and throw them into plenty of fast-boiling salt and water, that life may be destroyed in an instant.
  2. moderate sized lobster, 15 to 20 minutes
  3. large lobster, 30 to 40 minutes
  4. very large, 1 hour or more
Original Text
TO BOIL LOBSTERS. [In full season from April to October: may be had all the year.] Choose them by the directions given at the commencement of this chapter, and throw them into plenty of fast-boiling salt and water, that life may be destroyed in an instant. To 1 gallon of water, 5 ounces salt: moderate sized lobster, 15 to 20 minutes; large lobster, 30 to 40 minutes; very large, 1 hour or more.
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