Stuffed Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

6 slices bread, crumbled
1 Tbsp. finely chopped onion
1 Tbsp. finely chopped green pepper
1 tsp. finely chopped celery
1/2 c. milk
salt and pepper to taste
3 doz. large raw shrimp, cleaned and deveined
3 eggs
1/4 c. butter
3/4 c. crabmeat
dash of cayenne pepper
flour and cracker meal

Preparation

Saute onion, pepper and celery in butter until tender. Soak bread in milk; blend thoroughly and add salt, pepper and cayenne pepper. Split raw shrimp almost in half. Leave tail on shrimp. Stuff shrimp with crabmeat mixture and press halves together. Dip shrimp in seasoned flour, then in beaten egg. (Beat 1 egg at a time. It may not be necessary to use all 3 eggs.) Roll shrimp in cracker meal and fry in deep hot fat; fry at about 375\u00b0 until golden brown. Serve with desired sauce. Serves 6.