Baked Stuffed Crab

• 6 whole crabs (large white crabs) with fins and biters
• 3 c. bread crumbs
• 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
• 4 Tbsp. chopped onions
• 4 Tbsp. finely chopped sweet pepper
• salt & thyme to taste

Wash crabs & put in a skillet.  Boil for ½ hour.  Let cool.  Break crabs apart.  Take fat out of the back.  Set aside.  Take the bag from the back & discard.  Save back-pick meat out of the fins, biters & shell.  In skillet melt butter or margarine and lightly brown ingredients.  Stuff into crab backs.  Place in a baking dish.  Bake until lightly brown approx. 15-20 min. in 400 degree F oven.  Yield: 6 servings