Buttered Crab

Ingredients

• a large boiled crab
• about a third of the bulk of the crab meat
• chopped parsley
• a layer of sifted breadcrumbs
• a little lemon juice
• a few more lumps of butter

Method

1. 1

   Remove meat from crab, chop finely, mix with breadcrumbs and parsley.

2. 2

   Season, pack back in shell, pour lemon juice over, cover with breadcrumbs, add butter, and cook in a slow oven until done.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 36. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Buttered Crab. Remove the meat from a large boiled crab, cut it up small and mix with bread- crumbs and chopped parsley, having about a third of the bulk of the crab meat. Season and put a few pieces of butter over it ; pack it back in the shell, pour over a little lemon juice, cover with a layer of sifted breadcrumbs, place a few more lumps of butter

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