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Potted Lobster

From The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, 1896
Presented as published in 1896. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 61. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potted Lobsten Procure a large cooked lobster or two small ones, pick out all the meat ^nd place it with the spawn in the mortar, pound it to a paste, then mix with it one-fourth pound of fresh butter, a little pounded mace and cloves, pepper, salt and grated nut- meg

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