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Hearty Crab Soup

This recipe is easily doubled. Serve with soda bread or dark pumpernickel and listen to the comments. Wonderful!

• 4 cups cold water
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ¾ cup chopped celery
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 tablespoon seafood seasoning
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1½ cups diced potatoes
• 1 1-pound can tomatoes, chopped
• 2 tablespoons parsley
• 1 tablespoon flour (mixed with 1/3 cup water to thicken)
• 1 pound Maryland special crab meat

Put water in large pot and bring to boil. Add all ingredients except crab meat and flour mixture. Bring to boil then simmer 1½ hours. Thicken with flour mixture. Add crab meat, simmer ½ hour.

Yields 1½ quarts.