Potted shrimps

Potted shrimps

Potted shrimps are a traditional Lancastrian dish, made with brown shrimp flavoured with mace .

The dish "Potted shrimps" consists of brown shrimp in mace-flavoured butter which has set in a small pot [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10136/10136-8.txt] . It is traditionally eaten with bread. The mace-flavored butter acts as a preservative.

References

* [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10136/10136-8.txt "The Book of Household Management"] by Mrs Isabella Beeton

External links

* [http://www.retrofoodrecipes.com/potted_shrimps.html "A Classic Recipe for Potted Shrimps"]


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