Deviled crabs

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
2 cups Crabmeat
¼ teaspoon Mustard
¼ teaspoon Nutmeg
¼ teaspoon Mace
2 Cloves
1 tablespoon Melted butter
1 Egg, separated
Salt and pepper
½ cup Wine or sherry flavoring

Directions

Cracker crumbs

Add the seasoning to the crabmeat, stir in the melted butter and the beaten egg yolk. Add the cooking sherry and season to taste with salt and pepper. Fold in the stiffly beaten egg white. Fill the crab-backs or put into a buttered baking dish, sprinkle with cracker crumbs and bake in a moderate oven (350) for half an hour.

~-Mrs. E.H. Sparkman

From: 200 Years of Charleston Cooking 1930 Shared By: Pat Stockett

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