Dressed Crab

Ingredients

• Have a medium-sized boiled Crab
• a teaspoonful of unmade mustard
• a dessertspoonful of vinegar
• a tablespoonful of either oil or cream
• a little pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Pick out all the meat of a boiled Crab, and wash and dry the shell.

2. 2

   Mix well with the meat a teaspoonful of unmade mustard, a dessertspoonful of vinegar, a tablespoonful of either oil or cream, and a little pepper and salt.

3. 3

   Put the meat in the shell, and serve cold, garnished if liked with the claws of the Crab.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 73. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Dressed Crab. — Pick out all the meat of a boiled Crab, and wash and dry the shell. Mix well with the meat a teaspoonful of unmade mustard, a dessertspoonful of vinegar, a tablespoonful of either oil or cream, and a little pepper aud salt. Put the meat in the shell, and serve cold, garnished if liked with the claws of the Crab. Partan Pie. — This is a Scotch dish, Partan being the name for a Crab on the east coast of Scotland. Pick the meat out of a boiled Crab, clean out the shell, and mix the meat with a little salt and pepper and a pat of butter. If too PARTAN PIE IT5 liquid, add breadcrumbs. Put all back into the shell, strew breadcrumbs over, brown before the fire in a Dutch oven, or bake for a few minutes in the oven. Dust with cayenne, and serve hot. Of course several small Crabs can be used, and some people like the addition of a little vinegar. Crab Salad. — Have a medium-sized boiled Crab

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