Devilled Crabs - New Orleans Style

Ingredients

• Crabs
• Sweet Cream
• Stale Bread Crumbs
• Salt
• Pepper
• Other seasonings of choice

Directions

1. Scald the crabs in boiling water
2. Pick and clean them carefully, keep only the firm white flesh
3. Moisten the flesh with a little sweet cream and taste to see that it is not bitter
4. Add the stale bread crumbs, salt, pepper, and other seasonings
5. Mix everything around and place back into the shells
6. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and put in the oven to brown
7. Serve hot

— Mme. Josephine Nicaud

Source — Cooking in Old Creole Days.

Prepared by Andrew Jester

Louisiana Anthology

July 15, 2017