Common Sense in the Household: A Manual of Practical Housewifery

by Marion Harland

Crab Sauce.

• 1 crab, boiled and cold.
• 4 tablespoonfuls of milk.
• 1 teacupful drawn butter.
• Cayenne, mace, and salt to taste.

Make the drawn butter as usual, and stir in the milk. Pick the meat from the crab, chop very fine, season with cayenne, mace, and salt to taste; stir into the drawn butter. Simmer three minutes, but do not boil.

Lobster sauce is very nice made as above, with the addition of a teaspoonful of made mustard and the juice of half a lemon. This is a good fish sauce.