Hot Crab, or Lobster

Ingredients

• crab or lobster flesh
• a few bits good butter
• 1 to 2 teaspoonsful common or chili vinegar
• cayenne pepper
• a little nutmeg
• 1 spoonful good meat jelly
• 1.5 ounce butter

Instructions

1. Slice quite small or pull the flesh of crab or lobster into light flakes with a couple of forks.
2. Put the flesh into a saucepan with a few bits of good butter lightly rolled in flour.
3. Heat slowly over a gentle fire.
4. Pour over and thoroughly mix in from one to two teaspoonsful (or more) of common or chili vinegar.
5. If using common vinegar, add a tolerable seasoning of cayenne.
6. Grate in a little nutmeg.
7. When the whole is well heated, serve immediately in the shell of the crab or lobster, or in scallop-shells.
8. Serve plain, or with bread-crumbs over.
9. Add a spoonful of good meat jelly if desired, as a great improvement to the dish.