Yesteryear Collection Verbatim from a mid-century Pismo Beach community cookbook. Language, measurements, and spellings preserved as printed.

Astrid's Crabmeat Pancake

Contributed by Helene Noreen.

Contributor: Helene Noreen(as printed: Helene Glidden Noreen) Source: Pismo Beach community cookbook Page: 22 Recipe ID: R072
Yield
1 large pancake cut into 8 wedges, or 8 small pancakes

Ingredients

  • 2 c. crabmeat
  • 1 c. minced celery
  • 2 Tbsp. onion
  • 6 well beaten eggs
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper

Method

  1. Mix all ingredients together and fry on both sides in hot cooking oil.
  2. Fry one large pancake which may be cut into 8 wedges, or 8 small pancakes. Serve hot.

Original page from the cookbook

About this recipe

This recipe is transcribed verbatim from a spiral-bound community cookbook produced in Pismo Beach, California. The book was a fundraising publication of the type common to civic groups, church auxiliaries, and fishing communities on the California coast in the mid-twentieth century — recipes contributed by named cooks, illustrated with hand-drawn section dividers, and printed locally.

Spellings, measurements, and ingredient lists are preserved as they appeared in print, including typographic quirks and any inconsistencies. Where an ingredient is used in the method but was missing from the printed ingredient block, it has been added to the list here so the recipe is self-contained; every such addition is taken word-for-word from the printed method.

The full yesteryear collection preserves 123 recipes from this book. The modern collection is open to new contributions from today's Pismo clammers.