The Epicurean
A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894
No. 702

Prawns, Crawfish, Crabs or Lobsters with Raw Fine Herbs Garnishing

Garniture de Crevettes, Ecrevisses, Crabes ou Homards aux Fines Herbes Crues

After the prawns are cooked, refresh and shell them; leave them whole and saute them in butter, seasoning with salt, pepper, and raw fine herbs, also the juice of a lemon. Crawfish tails may be left whole. For crabs, take out the largest piece, from the crab, and for the lobsters cut them in escalops or slices, three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness; finish them the same as for the above.