Cooking Crabs

Ingredients

• Two dozen of hard crabs
• One pint of vinegar
• One pint of water
• Two tablespoonfuls of salt

Directions

1. Add one pint of water, one pint of vinegar, and two tablespoons of salt.
2. After the mixture boils, put the crabs in with a cloth over them, excluding the air.
3. Let them boil from fifteen to twenty minutes.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Chakina Hill
Louisiana Anthology
January 9th, 2020