Partan Pie

• Partan (crab)
• salt
• white pepper
• nutmeg
• butter
• bread

Pick the meat out of the claws and body; clean the shell nicely and return the whole meat into it,¹ first seasoned with salt, white pepper, and nutmeg; with a few bits of fresh butter and some bread-crumbs. A half-glass of vinegar, beat and heated up with a little made mustard, may be added, and a small quantity of salad-oil substituted for the