Shrimp Sauce
Origin: Tidewater Virginia
Source: Mary Randolph, 1824
Ingredients
- 1/2 pint shrimps
- 1 spoonful anchovy liquor
- 1 pound butter
- 1/2 lemon
Instructions
- Wash half a pint of shrimps very clean.
- Mince them and put them in a stew-pan with a spoonful of anchovy liquor and a pound of thick melted butter.
- Boil it up for five minutes, and squeeze in half a lemon.
- Toss it up, and put it in a sauce-boat.