This section is from the book "The Memorandum Cookery Book", by Countess Morphy. Also available from Amazon: The Memorandum Cookery Book.
This makes not only a good savoury but also a most appetising filling for sandwiches.
A pint of prawns, 1 lemon, salad oil, a few chili peppers (the " bird " peppers are the best for this), salt.
Shell the prawns and pound them in the mortar with the peppers, and work in the oil and lemon juice gradually with a wooden spoon, as in making mayonnaise. Season with a little salt and spread out on rounds of toasted bread.
 
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