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Lobster, Potted

Pick out all the meat from a medium-sized, freshly-boiled hen lobster, and pound (the white meat of the claws should be pounded apart from the rest) it and the coral in a mortar to a smooth paste. Mix with this a tea-spoonful of anchovy sauce, a grain of cayenne, half a tea-spoonful of white pepper, the eighth part of a nutmeg, grated, and a quarter of a pound of clarified butter. A few shrimps may be added or not. When thoroughly pounded, press the mixture into jars, and pour cool clarified butter over. When the butter is set the lobster is ready to serve. Time, an hour and a half to prepare. Probable cost of lobster, 1s. 6d. Sufficient for half a dozen persons.