To Dight a Crab⁵⁹

• 1 dressed, cooked crab, with its shell
• 2 tbs [red?] wine vinegar
• 1 tbs

Soak the picked crabmeat in the vinegar and wine for some 30 minutes, then chop finely, and rub through a sieve. Add a little more vinegar and wine in the same proportions if necessary to produce a very soft paste.

Mix in the spices and sugar, replace the meat in the shell, place over a gentle heat, and stir gently until it boils, then serve, with a sprinkling of sugar mixed with a litt