Soft Shell Crabs, Fried
From Cooking for profit, 1886
Serves 2
Soft-shells cost between 10c to 20c each.
Presented as published in 1886. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from Cooking for profit (1886) by Jessup Whitehead, page 110. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Soft Shell Crabs, Fried. Bread it in the usual manner by dip- ping in e^^ in which a small proportion of water has been beaten, then in cracker meal. Drop two or three at a time in a saucepan of hot oil or lard and fry light brown in about ten minutes. The claws should be crisp enough to break. Gar- nish with fried parsley and serve mayon- aise at thcside separately
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