Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• 12 Crabs
• Grated crackers
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• Parsley
• Pepper and salt
• 4 Tablespoons of butter
• 1 Egg
• Juice of one lemon
• 1 Tomato
• Toasted bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil the crabs.
2. Crack and pick out the meat from the crabs.
3. Put 1/3 as much grated crackers into the meat.
4. Put in 1 finely chopped onion, parsley, salt and pepper, and 4 tablespoons of butter.
5. Mix well.
6. Add one egg and mix well.
7. Add the juice of the lemon and a tomato.
8. Fill the crab shells with the mixture.
9. Bake half an hour.
10. Grate some toasted bread crumbs over them.

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Kyle Ypya

Louisiana Anthology

June 24, 2019

Stuffed Crabs

Ingredients

• 12 Crabs
• Grated crackers
• 1 Onion (finely chopped)
• Parsley
• Pepper and salt
• 4 Tablespoons of butter
• 1 Egg
• Juice of one lemon
• 1 Tomato
• Toasted bread crumbs

Directions

1. Boil the crabs.
2. Crack and pick out the meat from the crabs.
3. Put 1/3 as much grated crackers into the meat.
4. Put in 1 finely chopped onion, parsley, salt and pepper, and 4 tablespoons of butter.
5. Mix well.
6. Add one egg and mix well.
7. Add the juice of the lemon and a tomato.
8. Fill the crab shells with the mixture.
9. Bake half an hour.
10. Grate some toasted bread crumbs over them.

Source — Creole Cookery Book

Prepared by Kyle Ypya

Louisiana Anthology

June 24, 2019

Okra Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound of okra
• 1 pound of potatoes
• 1 pound of beef
• 10 quarts of cold water

Seasoning

• Cayenne
• Black pepper
• salt

Instructions

1. Cut the okra up into small pieces.
2. Skin and chop up the potatoes.
3. Cut up the beef into slimmer pieces
4. Put the okra, potatoes, and beef into a pan of 10 quarts of water.
5. Boil it for 7 hours.
6. Season with cayenne or black pepper and salt.

Fried Oysters

Ingredients

• 100 oysters
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup of bread crumbs
• 1 stick of butter

Seasoning

• Pepper
• Salt
• Mace

Instructions

1. Take the 100 oysters and dry them in a towel.
2. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs very lightly in a small bowl.
3. Add a handful of breadcrumbs in the small bowl. Also sprinkle pepper, salt and mace in the bowl. Stir to mix together.
4. Dip your oysters into the mixture.
5. Fry them in boiling butter until they become a light brown.

Fried Oysters

Ingredients

• 100 oysters
• 4 egg yolks
• 1 cup of bread crumbs
• 1 stick of butter

Seasoning

• Pepper
• Salt
• Mace

Instructions

1. Take the 100 oysters and dry them in a towel.
2. Beat the yolks of 4 eggs very lightly in a small bowl.
3. Add a handful of breadcrumbs in the small bowl. Also sprinkle pepper, salt and mace in the bowl. Stir to mix together.
4. Dip your oysters into the mixture.
5. Fry them in boiling butter until they become a light brown.

Okra Soup

Ingredients

• 1 pound of okra
• 1 pound of potatoes
• 1 pound of beef
• 10 quarts of cold water

Seasoning

• Cayenne
• Black pepper
• salt

Instructions

1. Cut the okra up into small pieces.
2. Skin and chop up the potatoes.
3. Cut up the beef into slimmer pieces
4. Put the okra, potatoes, and beef into a pan of 10 quarts of water.
5. Boil it for 7 hours.
6. Season with cayenne or black pepper and salt.

Oyster Soup

Ingredients

• 100 oysters
• Liquor
• 2 quarts of water
• Tablespoon-full of butter
• 1 pint of rich milk or cream
• Pinch of mace
• Pinch of nutmeg
• Pinch of pepper
• Pinch of salt
• Wheat flour (optional)

Instructions

1. Take 100 oysters, strain them through a cullender and set the liquor to boil.
2. Add two quarts of water when the scum has risen and been taken off.
3. Add a tablespoon-full of butter, one pint of rich milk or cream, mace, nutmeg, pepper and salt.
4. Boil these ingredients together.
5. Just before serving, throw in the oysters.
6. If the soup is too thin, stir in a little wheat flour a few minutes before serving.