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DEVILED CRABS
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DEVILED CRABS

12 ingredients 1 steps gutenberg
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

927
Calories
71g
Protein
18g
Fat
112g
Carbs

Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Milk 1 cup (244ml) whole 149
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Crab 100g cooked 97
Egg 1 large egg (50g) 78
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Nutmeg 1 tsp ground (2.2g) 12
Cayenne 1 tsp (1.8g) 6
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Meat 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

  • 1 pint of milk is poured over the crackers
  • a tablespoonful of wine in the crab meat
  • 1-1/2 dozen crabs
  • 1/2 dozen crackers
  • 3 eggs light
  • one-half dozen will make 1 dozen crabs
  • 1 dozen crabs
  • 2 crackers
  • salt
  • cayenne
  • pepper
  • nutmeg

Directions

1

Take 1-1/2 dozen crabs; boil them done; pick them carefully out of shell; take 1/2 dozen crackers; 1 pint of milk is poured over the crackers, mashed fine. Strain the crackers through a fine sieve. Beat up 3 eggs light, and put into the strained crackers salt and cayenne pepper (strong); nutmeg to taste. Now put the crab meat in this. Wash the crab shells clean and wipe perfectly dry. One and one-half dozen will make 1 dozen crabs. Brown to a handsome shade 2 crackers. Mash them fine and put them through a sieve. Put a tablespoonful of wine in the crab meat. Fill the shells; over each crab sift some of this brown cracker dust. Ten minutes before the time for serving put in a quick oven. Lay a napkin on your dish; put them on the napkin and lay parsley round them. Serve perfectly hot.

By Margaret Brown · Recipe sourced from gutenberg

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