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Recipe for "crab-butter"

NAME

     CRAB-BUTTER - Incredible crab or shrimp dip
     My first encounter with this dip came at a New Year's  party
     a  few years ago.  I was standing by the munchies table try-
     ing not to embarrass myself too much, when a woman  came  up
     to me and pointed out this dip.  She explained to me that at
     a previous party she had lost control eating it  and  got  a
     spoon!
     It's incredibly rich, and requires a lot of will  power  not
     to eat too much.

INGREDIENTS (Serves 6 gluttons)

               butter
     240 g     cream cheese
     60 ml     mayonnaise
     150 g     crab meat
     1         onion (medium to large, chopped fine)
     some      cocktail sauce
     30 ml     lemon juice
     2.5 ml    crushed garlic (or a pinch of instant garlic)
     15 ml     Worcestershire sauce

PROCEDURE

          (1)  Allow butter and cream  cheese  to  soften  before
               starting.
          (2)  Mix mayo, butter and cream cheese.  Do not  use  a
               blender, as the mixture will get soupy.
          (3)  Add lemon  juice,  garlic,  worcestershire  sauce,
               pepper, etc. to taste.
          (4)  Mix in crab  (or  whatever)  and  onion.   Of  the
               choices, I feel crab is the best.
          (5)  Chill at least  two  hours,  cover  with  cocktail
               sauce.  This is an important part of the recipe.

NOTES

     I recommend Wakefield crab meat, Shrimp or Shrimp & Crab.  I
     usually  use  Crosse  & Blackwell's cocktail sauce, but feel
     free to use any kind that you trust.  You can make your  own
     simple  cocktail  sauce  by  mixing 3 parts catsup to 1 part
     horseradish and adding tabasco, garlic, worcestershire sauce
     to taste.
     Serve over Triscuits (they're nice and  strong,  to  survive
     heavy scooping) or veggies.  Irish is the friend from whom I
     got this recipe.

RATING

     Difficulty: easy.  Time:  5  minutes  preparation,  2  hours
     cooling.  Precision: approximate measurement OK.

CONTRIBUTOR

     Larry Tepper
     AT&T Information Systems, Denver
     lat@druil.UUCP