Deviled Crabs

Ingredients

• Twelve crabs
• Half pint of milk
• Two tablespoonfuls of flour
• One tablespoonful of butter
• One tablespoonful of chopped parsley
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• Three boiled eggs

Directions

1. Put the milk on to boil
2. Rub the butter and flour together
3. Add the milk
4. Stir and cook two minutes
5. Remove from the fire and add the crab meat
6. Mash the yolks of three hard boiled eggs fine
7. Then add parsley, salt and pepper
8. Fill the shells, brush over with the white of an egg
9. Cover with bread crumbs
10. Put on oven to 350 degrees, then bake for 10-15min. or cook in a frying basket.
11. Now ready to serve.

                                                                                            Source - Cooking in Old Creole Days

 Prepared by Khallum Hall

Louisiana Anthology

January 11, 2015