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Crayfish with Sauce

From German cookery for the English kitchen, 1906

The meat may be extracted from the crayfish and served in scallop shells, the sauce being poured over them.

Presented as published in 1906. 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 German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 28. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

i oz. of salt, a few carraway seeds, a small onion, and some parsley. Let the water boil briskly before throwing in the live crayfish and throw each in separately, letting the water boil up again before the next be thrown in. To throw all in at once sends the water oflf the boil for some time and, thus preventing instant death, is an unnecessary cruelty. When the crayfish are boiled, serve in a tureen with some of the broth in which they have been boiled, to Fish. 53 which a little fresh butter has been added, or the following sauce may be handed with them. I gill of the crayfish broth. I gill water, in which \ tea- spoonful Liebig's Meat Ex- tract is dissolved. I oz. breaidcrumbs. I tablespoonful chopped parsley. I teaspoonful chopped dill. 2 oz. butter
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