Dressed Crab

Ingredients

• the crab
• thin slices of cucumber
• oil
• vinegar
• cayenne
• white pepper
• salt

Method

1. 1

   Remove the claws and pick the crab, keeping the white part from the soft, yellow meat.

2. 2

   Wash the large back shell, put the pickings into it, the white portion on one side and the yellow on the other, dividing the two with thin slices of cucumber; lay the claws round in any ornamental manner, and dish up on a napkin.

3. 3

   Serve with oil and vinegar.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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