Deviled Crabs

Ingredients

• 1 lb. crab meat
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups milk
• 2 or 8 eggs hard boiled
• 1 1/2 teaspoon mustard
• 1/2 teaspoon meat sauce
• 4 tablespoons buttered bread crumbs
• 1 1/2 teaspoon salt

Method

1. 1

   Melt butter, add flour, salt, pepper, mustard, sauce and mix to a smooth paste.

2. 2

   Gradually add milk and cook and stir until mixture thickens.

3. 3

   Flake crab meat and combine with sauce.

4. 4

   Put in baking dish and spread with buttered bread crumbs.

5. 5

   Bake in hot oven 400 degrees until brown—about 10 or 15 minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Favorite recipes (North Carolina, 1948) (1948) by Women's Guild Corinth Evangelical and Reformed Church (Hickory, North Carolina), page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

DEVILED CRABS 1 lb. crab meat % teaspoon pepper 4 tablespoons butter 1% teaspoon mustard 4 tablespoons flour % teaspoon meat sauce 2 cups milk 4 tablespoons buttered bread 2 or 8 eggs hard boiled

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