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Crab, Mock

Take a pound of Gloucester or Cheshire cheese, and pound it in a mortar with two spoonfuls of vinegar, three of salad-oil, one of mixed mustard, and salt and cayenne to taste. When it is well pounded, mix with it half a pound of potted shrimps. It may be served in a crab-shell, and garnished with parsley. Time, about twenty minutes to prepare. Probable cost, 1s. 8d. Sufficient for four or five persons.