Take the meat out of the shells
Make a dressing that contains : sweet oil, cayenne pepper, salt, mustard and vinegar.
Optional: add some hard-boiled egg yolk, mashed in the oil.
Put the mixture into the back-shells of the crabs, and serve.
Garnish with the small claws laid nicely round.
Source: Directions for Cookery, 1851
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