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Mary Ann's Crab Boats

A crab meat salad stuffed cucumber crab appetizer recipe

Credited to Miss Mary Ann Davis of Marion, MD.

This recipe was the Cold Plate Winner in the 1963 National Hard Crab Derby in Crisfield, MD.

• 1 cup backfin crab meat
• ½ cup diced celery
• 1 cup mayonnaise
• 1 cup shredded apples (optional)
• ½ cup diced green peppers
• ¼ teaspoon white pepper

Lightly mix the crab meat and the mayonnaise.

Add the salt, pepper, celery, green pepper and apples.

Serve it in hollowed out cucumbers.

May be served in tomatoes, peppers or crab shells instead of cucumbers.