Lobster Chops

Ingredients

• Cut half pound of lobster
• Put two ounces of butter
• sprinkle in two ounces of flour
• pour in a cup of boiling cream
• the beaten yolks of three eggs
• a grating of nutmeg
• little cayenne
• salt to taste

Method

1. 1

   Cut lobster into small dice.

2. 2

   Melt butter, add flour, then boiling cream and lobster.

3. 3

   Stir until hot, remove from fire, and stir in yolks, nutmeg, cayenne, and salt.

4. 4

   Form into chops, coat with crumbs, egg, and crumbs again, then fry.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Landmarks club cook book (1903) by The Landmarks club, Los Angeles, Calif., page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER CHOPS. Cut half pound of lobster into small dice. Put two ounces of butter into stew-pan ; when it bubbles, sprinkle in two ounces of flour. Cook it, then pour in a cup of boiling cream and the lobster dice. Stir until scalding hot, then remove from the fire; when slightly cooled stir in the beaten yolks of three eggs, a grating of nutmeg, little cayenne and salt to taste

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