Devilled Crabs
From 365 breakfast dishes, 1901
Presented as published in 1901. 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 365 breakfast dishes (1901), page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Devilled Crabs. Take the meat out of 1 2 boiled crabs, save the shells and wash them clean. Scald i cupful of milk and thicken with 2 table- spoonfuls of flour and i of butter. Take it from the fire and add the finely mashed yolks of 4 hard-boiled eggs, i tablespoonful of chopped parsley, cayenne pepper to taste and a pinch of salt ; mix well, then add the crab meat. Fill the shells with this mixture, sprinkle crumbs on top and bits of butter
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