Shrimp Au-Geatin En Coquille

1 qt. shrimp peeled and boiled.

1 tablespoon Worcestershire. 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley.

2 tablespoons butter. 1/2 teaspoon flour.

1 teaspoon onion. 1 pod pepper. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 wine glass sherry. 1/2 pt. milk.

Boil milk, onion and parsley thickened with butter and flour; add shrimp, wine, salt, pepper and sauce, boil about 5 minutes longer. Put in shells, cover with bread crumbs and bits of butter. Bake about 5 minutes.

Shrimp Au-Geatin

1 1/2 pt. peeled and boiled shrimp.

1 teaspoon salt.

1/2 cup butter.

1 pt. shrimp stock.

1 1/2 tablespoon browned flour.

1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. 1 teaspoon minced parsley. 1 tablespoon Worcestershire.

Make a sauce by boiling stock, flour, butter, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, salt and pepper 5 minutes; add shrimp, cook about 5 minutes longer. Put in baking dish, dust with bread crumbs and bake about 10 minutes.

Boiled River Shrimp

2 qts. shrimp. 2 qts. water. 1 cup salt.

4 pods pepper. 2 bay leaves. 1/2 lemon, sliced.

Put salt, pepper, bay leaves and lemon in water. When it boils drop in shrimp and cook about 10 minutes. Drain, when cold; serve on platter covered with cracked ice.

Shrimp Balls

1 qt. peeled shrimp.

1 cup fresh bread crumbs.

1 qt. or 1 doz tomatoes. 1/2 teaspoon minced onion

2 eggs.

1/2 teaspoon minced parsley. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 teaspoon browned flour. 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper. 1 teaspoon salt.

Chop raw shrimp very fine; add bread crumbs, 1 cup tomatoes, salt, pepper and eggs. Make into balls and fry in butter. Into the butter add flour and the rest of the tomatoes and let balls cook in this about 1 hour.

Shrimp Croquettes

2 cups fresh shrimp peeled and boiled, or 2 cups of canned shrimp.

2 tablespoons boiled rice.

2 tablespoons butter.

2 hard boiled eggs.

2 raw eggs.

1 tablespoon tomatoes. 1 pinch cayenne pepper. 1 teaspoon salt. 1/2 cup cream or milk.

Chop shrimp, rice, tomatoes, eggs, butter, salt and pepper, add milk, make into croquettes, dip in bread crumbs and then in whipped eggs, then bread crumbs again. Fry in very hot lard.

Fried Shrimp

2 qts. shrimp unpeeled. 1 tablespoon salt.

1/2 teaspoon red pepper. 1 cup meal.

Scald shrimp in hot water, pepper and salt, then drain. When cold dip in meal and fry unpealed.

Shrimp Pie

2 cups peeled boiled shrimp. 1 tablespoon Worcestershire. 1/2 teaspoon minced parsley. 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 tablespoon browned flour.

2 tablespoons tomatoes. 2 tablespoons butter. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 teaspoon minced onion. 1 1/2 cup stock.

Put tomatoes in sauce pan with flour, parsley, onion, salt, pepper and stock, cook 5 minutes, strain, add chopped shrimp, butter and Worcestershire sauce. Serve in cooked pastry.

Stewed Shrimp

1 qt. peeled shrimp.

2 tablespoons butter.

2 tablespoons tomatoes.

1 1/2 pts. stock.

2 bay leaves.

1/2 teaspoon minced parsley,

1/2 teaspoon thyme. 1/2 teaspoon minced onion. 1 tablespoon browned flour. 1 teaspoon salt. 1 pod red pepper.

Heat butter, fry shrimp in it, then add flour, tomatoes, onion, salt, pepper, stock and herbs. Cook about 1 hour-Serve on toast.