Calamari; Banana Nut Bread; Do you serve crabs?

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CALAMARI

   The OED and Merriam-Webster have the 1950s and 1960s for the dish.
   From a European food tour described in THE STEWARD, January 1938, pg. 12, col. 1:

Calamaria (squids), In Palermo, Italy, ...

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BANANA NUT BREAD

   From THE STEWARD, May 1937, pg. 26, col. 2:

   BANANA-NUT BREAD
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
2 eggs, beaten light
3 large bananas
1 1/2 tbs. sour milk
1 ts. lemon juice
2 cups soft wheat flour
1 1/2 ts. baking powder
1/2 ts. soda
1/4 ts. salt
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
   Cream butter and sugar.  Add eggs, bananas (put through sieve) and liquid ingredients.  Add nuts and sifted dry ingredients.  Blend thoroughly and bake 45 minutes in moderate oven (350 degrees F.)
   --_Service_.

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DO YOU SERVE CRABS?

   An old joke, but how old?
   From THE STEWARD, December 1937, pg. 18, col. 1:

   One evening a diner unfamiliar with Schultz's viands(Schultz's Sandwich Shop, Grill and Stop-in Restaurant--ed.) asked of her "do you serve crabs here?"  "Oh yes," answered Judith "we serve everyone."

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CRIES OF NEW YORK & WASHINGTON IRVING (continued)

  David Shulman gave me the cite.
  From SPIRIT OF THE TIMES, 6 June 1840, pg. 157, col. 2:

_Cries of New York._
AN UNPUBLISHED CHAPTER OF MRS. TROLLOPE.
(...)
   The most profitable book that Washington Irving ever wrote was entitled "Cries of New York."  It was embellished with pictures, (which are very taking in America,) of a man crying "Clams!  clams!  Rockaway clams!"...