Crayfish, Potted
INGREDIENTS. 50 crayfish; pounded mace, pepper and salt to taste; 4 oz. butter. AVERAGE COST, 6s. 8d.
Boil the fish in salt and water, pick out all the meat, and pound it in a mortar to a paste. Whilst pounding, add the butter gradually, and mix in the spice and seasoning. Put it in small pots, and pour over it clarified butter, carefully excluding the air.
TIME.-15 minutes to boil the crayfish.
SEASONABLE all the year. -