Lobster (Stewed)

Ingredients

• the meat out of two lobsters
• a pint and a half of water
• mace
• whole pepper
• salt
• a tablespoonful of Madeira
• some thin melted butter
• a little lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Take the meat out of two lobsters, and boil the shells with mace, whole pepper, and salt, for an hour in a pint and a half of water, then strain.

2. 2

   Add the meat to some thin melted butter; squeeze in a little lemon juice; add a tablespoonful of Madeira, and pour it upon the strained liquor.

3. 3

   When the flesh is warmed through, it is ready for table.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Recipes for the million (1891), page 134. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

LOBSTER (STEWED). — Take the meat out of two lobsters, and boil the shells with mace, whole pepper, and salt, for an hour in a pint and a half of water, then strain. Add the meat to some thin melted butter ; squeeze in a little lemon juice ; add a tablespoonful of Madeira

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