Crabs, to preserve

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Source
The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (2)
  1. Gently scald them two or three times in a thin syrup.
  2. When they have lain a fortnight, the syrup must be made rich enough to keep, and the crabs scalded in it.
Original Text
Crabs, to preserve. Gently scald them two or three times in a thin syrup; when they have lain a fortnight, the syrup must be made rich enough to keep, and the crabs scalded in it.
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