CRAB WEST INDIES SALAD 
1 med. onion, chopped fine
1 lb. fresh white lump crabmeat
4 oz. Wesson oil
3 oz. white vinegar
4 oz. ice water
Salt & pepper

Spread half of onion over bottom of large bowl. Cover with separated crab lumps and then remaining onion. Salt and pepper. Pour oil, vinegar, ice water over all. Cover and marinate for 2-12 hours. Toss lightly before serving. Serve with crackers on a bed of lettuce.

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Crab West Indies Salad
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 Mary Lu Duffy (Alabama) says:
THIS is the original. Many I've seen call for cider vinegar. Bailey's NEVER used anything but white-- Nothing much here to mask the flavor of the lump crabmeat. And that's the whole point.

 

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