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Stewed Crabs

From The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, 1896

Serve hot.

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 37. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Crabs. Take eight live crabs and steam for twenty minutes; pick out the meats, put it in a saucepan with one-half pint of milk or cream and stew for fifteen or twenty min- utes. Season with cayenne pepper and salt

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