A Jimmy Treat

Ingredients:
• 1 pound lump crab meat
• 1 cup milk
• 5 drops Tabasco
• 1/2 teaspoon parsley flakes
• salt and pepper to taste
• 30 Ritz crackers (crushed)
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 2 slices bread
• 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper
• oil for frying

Preparation Instructions:

White sauce: in saucepan, mix together flour and milk. Cook over medium heat until thickened; let cool. Add Tabasco sauce and mustard. Pick over crab meat; add bread crumbs, parsley flakes, salt, pepper and crushed red pepper. Add cooled sauce; mix thoroughly. Shape into cakes. Roll in cracker crumbs and fry until brown.

» This recipe is credited to Grace Maddox of Marion, MD and was the Third Place Senior Range Winner in the 1972 National Hard Crab Derby in Crisfield, MD.

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