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Fish Pate

Pick from the shell of a crab all that is good; pound it in a mortar with a small quantity of bread-crumbs, and a seasoning of white pepper, cayenne, salt, and nutmeg; add a very little gravy, which thicken with butter rolled in flour. Make it hot, and squeeze in a little lemon-juice. Have ready a wall of mashed potatoes round the inner rim of flat dish; let it be two and a half inches high. Smooth and ornament it with leaves, flowers, or according to taste; this can be done with a tin-cutter, and if egged and browned in the oven will have a very pretty appearance. Fill the center with the fricassee, and brown with a salamander. Small patties may be made, and filled with this fricassee. Time, one hour to prepare potatoes. Sufficient, one pound for three persons.