crab cake (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

OED has 1929 for crab cake
Thomas J. Murrey, _Cooking with a Chafing Dish_ NY: Frederick A. Stokes,
1891. p. 16 [Google Books]
"Crab Cakes. -- The meat from the hard shell crabs, after boiling, may
be made into little cakes, held together with the yolk of an egg,
seasoned with salt and pepper, then cooked on both sides in the chafing
dish with a small amount of butter or oil."

_The Irish World and American Industrial Liberator_ [NY, NY] 9/24/1898 p
6 col 3 [Gale 19th Cent newspapers]
"CRAB CAKES.  Crabs are plenty now, and the following receipt will be
timely."

_Trenton [NJ] Times_ col 4/28/1901 p 8 col 4 [Newspaperarchive]
"Suitable for Crab salad, baked Crabs, and Crab cakes"

_Billboard_ 4/20/1921 p 66 col 2 [Fulton]
"Wm. J. Gauthier has the hamburger and coffee stands: Otto Leiss, crab
cake stand."

_Brooklyn Daily Eagle_ 4/4/1923 p A-8 col 1 [Fulton]
"A< short time ago I had the pleasure of eating some very delicious crab
cakes down in Dixie. "

Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org