Name: To Cook Soft Shell Crabs
Ingredients: salt; cayenne; pepper

To Cook Soft Shell Crabs

Ingredients

salt
cayenne
pepper

Directions

Take the shell and remove all the spongy substance on both sides ; remove the apron or a small loose shell rising to a point in the middle of the under shell ; wash them nicely. I think it safest and best to remove all the fat as it is so delicate it sours in cooking. Fry in butter, adding little salt and cayenne pepper. I prefer them without the backs, but most people do not.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

12Calories

0 gProtein

0 gFat

2 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 3 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Cayenne	1 tsp (1.8g)	6
Black Pepper	1 tsp ground (2.3g)	6
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By Gibson, Marietta Fauntleroy Hollyday, "Mrs. C. H. Gibson.". Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures. See the original page.