Stuffed Shrimp - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. fresh large shrimp, peeled and deveined
black pepper to taste
2 eggs
3/4 c. chopped celery
salt to taste
1/2 c. green onion tops chopped fine
1/2 c. bread crumbs
cayenne pepper to taste
1/2 lb. crabmeat
1/2 lb. boiled shrimp, peeled (small shrimp)
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. chopped bell pepper
1/4 lb. oleo or 1/2 c. cooking oil
1/2 c. fresh parsley, chopped fine
1 stale hamburger buns
all purpose flour

Preparation

Cook onions and 1/2 c. chopped celery in oil or oleo in heavy pot, uncovered.
Season to taste with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper.
Cook slowly until onions are wilted.
Grind up boiled shrimp and crabmeat in food chopper.
Mix with onion mixture and cook 15 minutes over medium heat
uncovered.
Add buns which have been soaked in eggs; mix well.
Add bell pepper, remainder of celery, green onion tops, parsley and bread crumbs; mix well.
Split each fresh large shrimp lengthwise almost to the end and flatten out.
Stuff centers of split shrimp with mixture, holding each shrimp in the hand and squeezing it together to form a croquette.
Roll in flour, then in batter.
Fry quickly for 5 minutes in deep hot fat (375\u00b0).
Drain.