Mrs. Fryer's Loose Leaf Cook Book

The loose-leaf cookbook, c.1917 — built to be taken apart, from the principles of cookery through fireless cooking and school lunches.

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Deviled Crabs

1 hard-boiled egg 2 tablespoons butter Grated nutmeg 1 raw egg 1/3 cup cream Salt and cayenne 1/4 teaspoon sweet marjoram Cracker dust Put the crabs into hot water; add salt and boil for thirty minutes. Or, buy crab meat already picked and ask the dealer for six shells. Cut the meat into small pieces; add the hardboiled egg, cream, butter and seasoning and cook for a few minutes over a hot fire, thickening the mixture with cracker dust. Fill the shells; dip them in the raw egg, beaten; then in cracker crumbs; place in a hot oven or drop into boiling fat and fry until brown.

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