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Boiled Crabs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Boiled Crabs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fill a large pot with water and add a generous amount of coarse sea salt.

  2. Bring the water to a rolling boil.

  3. Add the crabs and boil for 20 minutes.

  4. Ensure the water continues to boil; otherwise, the crabs will be watery.

  5. Remove the crabs, break off the claws, and clean the shells thoroughly.

  6. Once cooled, arrange the crabs on a dish with the large claws around it.

  7. Crack the claws before serving; the small ones are typically not eaten.

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.

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