A committee of ladies collected the receipts; the editor of the Manual of Domestic Economy arranged them — British cookery and household management, c.1864.

Crayfish Soup

1 page in this part of The British Cookery Book.

Crayfish Soup (Take fifty crayfish pull out)

247. Take fifty crayfish, pull out the tails, and then pound the rest in a mortar with the shells and spawn. Have ready the meat and spawn…

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