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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 remains boiling to avoid watery crabs.

  5. Remove the crabs and break off the claws.

  6. Clean the shells and claws thoroughly.

  7. Once cooled, arrange the crabs on a dish with the large claws around them.

  8. Crack the claws before serving.

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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