Potted Lobster

Ingredients

• 2 lobsters
• seasoning to taste
• of nutmeg, pounded mace
• white pepper, and salt
• 1/4 lb butter
• 3-4 bay-leaves

Instructions

1. Take out the meat carefully from the shell, but do not cut it up.
2. Put some butter at the bottom of a dish, lay in the lobster as evenly as possible, with the bay-leaves and seasoning between.
3. Cover with butter, and bake for 3/4 hour in a gentle oven.
4. When done, drain the whole on a sieve, and lay the pieces in potting-jars, with the seasoning about them.
5. When cold, pour over it clarified butter, and, if very highly seasoned, it will keep some time.