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Terrapin

Cut off head, put on to boil with shell on; when done enough, remove under shell, and pick terrapin in pieces. Clean top shell well; add a few crackers, onions, parsley, allspice, salt, pepper, butter, and wine; return to shell, garnish with sliced lemon, and bake. Add Cayenne pepper, if liked, in seasoning. Terrapin or turtle steaks are fine smothered in an egg batter before frying.- Mrs. J. C. Owens, Charleston, South Carolina.