This section is from the book "The People's Cook Book", by Jennie Taylor. See also: Larousse Gastronomique.
Chop the lobster very fine; mix with pepper, salt, bread crumbs and a little parsley; moisten with cream and a small piece of butter; shape with your hands dip in egg, roll in bread crumbs, and fry.
Mince the flesh of lobsters fine; season with salt, pepper, and spice; melt a piece of butter in a saucepan; mix with it one tablespoonful of flour; add lobster, finely chopped parsley; mix with some good stock; remove from the fire, and stir into it the yolks of two eggs; spread out the mixture, and, when cold, cut into cutlets, dip carefully into beaten egg, then into fine baked bread crumbs; let them stand an hour, and repeat, and fry a rich brown. Serve with fried parsley.
Boil the lobster, take out the meat, mince it fine, pound the coral smooth, and grate for one lobster the yolks of three hard-boiled eggs; season with cayenne and a little salt; make a batter of milk, flour, and well-beaten eggs - two tablespoonfuls of milk and one of flour to each egg; beat the batter well; mix the lobster with it gradually until stiff enough to roll into balls the size of a walnut; fry in fresh butter or best salad oil, and serve.
 
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