Mock Crab

Ingredients

• the yolk of a hard-boiled egg
• a tablespoonful of salad oil
• a teaspoonful of salt
• the same of cayenne pepper
• a dessertspoonful of made mustard
• four ounces of grated cheese
• a dessertspoonful of anchovy vinegar
• A little cold minced chicken or cooked white fish is an improvement.

Method

1. 1

   Rub the egg yolk with salad oil, then mix in salt, cayenne, and mustard.

2. 2

   Add grated cheese and mix well.

3. 3

   Optionally, add minced chicken or fish.

4. 4

   Serve in a crab-shell or shallow dish, garnished with hard-boiled eggs and cress.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 363. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Mock Crab. — This is an American dish, and is supposed to taste like devilled crab. In America it is served in a crab-shell, but scallop-shells are more suitable. Rub the yolk of a hard-boiled egg to a paste with a tablespoonful of salad oil, work in first a teaspoonful of salt, then the same of cayenne pepper, then a dessertspoonful of made mustard. Now add four ounces of grated cheese, and work all well together. A little cold minced chicken or cooked white fish is an improvement. Finally add a dessertspoonful of anchovy vinegar

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