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MRS. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CRAB SOUP 1 at. milk 1 teaspoon Worsestershire Sauce 8 hard-shell crabs 3/4 cup sherry 2 hard-boiled eggs 1/2 cup cream grated peel of 1 lemon Salt & pepper 1 Tablespoon butter 1 Tablespoon Flour Pick out the meat of the crabs, which have been boiled half an hour, and set aside until needed. Mash the hard-boiled eggs to a paste with a fork and add to them the butter, flour, grated lemon peel and a little pepper. Bring the milk to a boil and pour it gradually onto the well mixed paste of eggs, etc. Put over a low fire, add the crab meat, and allow to simmer for (OVER)

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