Mr. Bayley's West Indies Salad

Total Time: 12 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 12 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium onion, chopped fine
• 1 lb fresh lump crabmeat
• 4 ounces wesson oil
• 3 ounces cider vinegar
• 4 ounces ice water (as cold as you can get it)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 follow these instructions to the letter!
• 2 spread half of onion over bottom of large bowl.
• 3 cover with separated crab lumps.
• 4 add the remaining onion.
• 5 salt and pepper.
• 6 pour oil, vinegar and ice water over all.
• 7 cover and marinate 2-12 hours.
• 8 toss lightly before serving.
• 9 serve as a"salad" on a bed of lettuce or on crackers as an appetizer.
• 10 variation: substitute royal red shrimp for the crabmeat.