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Deviled crabs

CTL-W-0531 · Work

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Deviled crab is crabmeat hand-mixed with seasonings, nestled back into the crab shell, topped with buttered bread crumbs, and baked; a second fetched Charleston Magazine piece adds onions, pepper, and cayenne and notes the mixture was traditionally tucked back into crab shells and sold in fish shacks up and down the East Coast. Stored key ingredients (crabmeat, stuffing, shell) established.

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Deviled crab is crabmeat hand-mixed with seasonings, nestled back into the crab shell, topped with buttered bread crumbs, and baked; a second fetched Charleston Magazine piece adds onions, pepper, and cayenne and notes the mixture was traditionally tucked back into crab shells and sold in fish shacks up and down the East Coast. Stored key ingredients (crabmeat, stuffing, shell) established.

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Deviled crab is crabmeat hand-mixed with seasonings, nestled back into the crab shell, topped with buttered bread crumbs, and baked; a second fetched Charleston Magazine piece adds onions, pepper, and cayenne and notes the mixture was traditionally tucked back into crab shells and sold in fish shacks up and down the East Coast. Stored key ingredients (crabmeat, stuffing, shell) established.

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