American
Crab Salad
From Original White House Cookbook, 1887
Serves 10
Mix cress leaves with salad when served.
Presented as published in 1887. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Original White House Cookbook (1887) by Hugo Ziemann, F. L. Gillette, Hugo Zimmerman, mrs gillette, page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
CRAB SALAD. Boil three dozen hard-shell crabs twenty-five minutes ; drain and let them cool gradually ; remove the upper shell and the tail, break the remainder apart and pick out the meat carefully. The large claws should not be forgotten, for they contain a dainty morsel, and the creamy fat attached to the upper shell should not be overlooked. Line a salad bowl with the small white leaves of two heads of lettuce, add the crab meat, pour over it a “ Mayonnaise
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