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CRAB SOUP

10 ingredients 2 steps internet_archive
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

816
Calories
41g
Protein
23g
Fat
110g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Crab 100g cooked 97
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Water not in our table 0
Mace not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • one pint water
  • one quart picked crabs
  • one quart rich milk
  • one-quarter pound butter rubbed into a tablespoonful flour
  • four blades of mace
  • mace
  • parsley
  • cayenne
  • pepper
  • salt

Directions

1

Take one pint water, add a little onion, three or four blades of mace, a little parsley, cayenne pepper and salt. Let them come to a boil. Then add one quart picked crabs, one quart rich milk and cream half and half, one-quarter pound butter rubbed into a tablespoonful flour. Stir all into the crab. Let it come to a good boil and send it hot to the table.

2

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By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson." · Recipe sourced from internet_archive

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