Crab Meat Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. crab meat (fresh or canned)
1 1/2 c. milk
4 Tbsp. butter
1 medium green pepper, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 Tbsp. dry mustard
2 oz. Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp. salt
pepper to taste
8 Tbsp. flour
1 egg, beaten
cracker meal
fine bread crumbs

Preparation

Melt butter and saute pepper and onion until soft. Add mustard, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Blend in flour. Scald milk and add, stirring until thick. Add crab meat. Chill thoroughly. Form into round cakes 1-inch thick.
Dip cakes in cracker meal, then dip in beaten egg, then dip in bread crumbs. Fry in deep fat until brown. Delicious plain or served with shrimp or oyster sauce.