Recipe for Bedeviled Blues

8 medium Florida soft-shell crabs 2 tablespoons Florida milk
¼ cup chopped Florida fresh onion 1 Florida egg, beaten
¼ cup chopped Florida fresh celery 1 tablespoon chopped Florida fresh
parsley
2 tablespoons chopped Florida fresh green ½ teaspoon dry mustard
pepper
1 clove garlic, minced ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
¼ cup butter or margarine, melted ¼ teaspoon salt
1 cup buttery cracker crumbs 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
¼ cup butter or margarine, melte


Rinse crabs under cold running water. Pat dry with paper towels. Cook onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in margarine until tender. In a medium bowl, combine mixture with the next 8 ingredients. Place soft crabs in a shallow, lightly-oiled baking dish. Remove top shell from crabs and fill each cavity with 1 tablespoon stuffing mixture. Replace top shell. Brush crabs with remaining melted margarine. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until shells turn red and crabs brown slightly.
Yield: 4 servings.