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Baked Soft-Shell Crabs

From The Pattern cook-book, 1890

Serves 4

Serve with strained gravy around the crabs.

Presented as published in 1890. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The Pattern cook-book (1890) by Butterick Publishing Company, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BAKED SOFT-SHELL CRABS. Season the crabs with salt and pepper, dip them in melted butter, and sprinkle thickly with dry bread or cracker crumbs. Put them in a baking-pan, and bake in a very hot oven for ten or twelve minutes

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