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Polly's Crab Cakes

This recipe was the Portable Appliance Winner in the 1965 National Hard Crab Derby in Crisfield, MD.

Credited to Mrs. Polly Lohmeyer of Crisfield, MD.

• 1 pound backfin crab meat
• 3 heaping tablespoons Miracle Whip
• juice of ½ lemon
• 1 teaspoon sniped parsley
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• salt and pepper
• ¼ teaspoon wet mustard
• 1 egg

Add all ingredients to crab meat and mix together gently. Pat into desired size of patty. Dip into beaten egg and then into cracker crumbs. Fry quickly in hot fat.