A Nice Way to Serve Crabs

Ingredients

• One dozen crabs
• One pound of bread crumbs
• Two tablespoons of butter
• One Teaspoon of salt
• Half teaspoon of black pepper
• Slice of onion, chopped very fine
• Half tablespoon of chopped parsley 
• Pinch of thyme
• One egg

Directions 

1. Boil crabs for five minutes
2. Pick and chop them
3. Add all ingredients
4. Shape in forms of mutton chops
5. Roll in beaten egg
6. Stick in a claw
7. Put in a frying pan three tablespoons of lard
8. When boiling, put the crabs to brown, which they will do in three minutes
9. Serve in a round dish with claws in the center

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by  Jazmine Wright

Louisiana Anthology

June 4, 2018