{"id":14380,"date":"2024-11-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/?p=14380"},"modified":"2025-06-19T08:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:15:35","slug":"she-crab-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/she-crab-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"She-Crab Soup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recipe<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1 pound lump crabmeat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6 tablespoons butter<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 tablespoons flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups light cream<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 cups milk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd teaspoon salt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon lemon zest<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon mace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bc teaspoon freshly ground white pepper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>yolks of 4 hard-cooked eggs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 tablespoons dry sherry<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>paprika<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In top of a double boiler, melt butter. 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Pour into bowls, then sprinkle with paprika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Contributed by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/contributors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joyce Taylor<\/a> \u00a0From:\u00a0<em>Mariner\u2019s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-ncst-blockquote\">\n    <p>DID YOU KNOW?<\/p><br><p>You can tell the difference of male and female\u00a0blue crabs\u00a0not only by the underside of the\u00a0abdomen, but also by the claw color.\u00a0 Female blue crabs often have bright red-tipped claws while males tend to have blue claws.<\/p><br><div><span style=\"font-size: 14.6667px;font-weight: 400;font-family: Calibri, sans-serif\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/about-us\/our-team\/erika-young\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Erika Young, Coastal and Marine Education Specialist<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n  <\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mariner&#8217;s Menu shares She-Crab Soup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":16264,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[96,217,15,98,216],"tags":[145,116],"class_list":["post-14380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crab","category-fall","category-mariners-menu","category-shellfish","category-summer","tag-main","tag-soup"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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