Buttered Lobster

Ingredients

• Boiled lobster meat (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
• Lobster coral (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
• 2 tablespoons White wine vinegar (Originally vinegar. Substituted with white wine vinegar for modern preference.)
• 3 tablespoons Lemon juice (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
• 1/3 cup Butter
• 1/4 teaspoon Cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon Dry mustard
• Lettuce leaves (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))
• 4 Hard-boiled eggs (Quantity estimated (not specified in original recipe))

Instructions

1. 1Pick the meat from a boiled lobster and cut it into small pieces. Sift over the lobster meat the coral.
2. 2Mix the lobster meat and coral with the vinegar or lemon juice, butter, cayenne pepper, and dry mustard in a blazer or pan.
3. 3Heat the mixture in the blazer or pan until thoroughly hot. Serve on cup-shaped leaves of lettuce with a quarter of a hard-boiled egg on the top of each portion.