Deviled Crabs

Ingredients

• one dozen hard shell crabs
• three tablespoonfuls stale bread crumbs
• one-half wine glass cream
• yolks of three hard boiled eggs
• one tablespoonful butter
• pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Chop crab meat and mix with bread crumbs, cream, egg yolks, butter, pepper, and salt.

2. 2

   Fill shells with mixture, sprinkle with bread crumbs and butter, and brown in a quick oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Common sense recipe book (1898) by Sarah Allen, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DEVILED: CRABS: To the meat of one dozen hard shell crabs boiled fifteen min- utes, and chopped, add three tablespoonfuls stale bread crumbs, one-half wine glass cream, yolks of three hard boiled eggs, chopped, one tablespoonful butter, pepper and salt

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