Article: A hammer may come in handy in the kitchen ; Trim and shred the spring onions. Finely chop the chillis. Peel and finely chop the ginger. Chop the lemon grass. Peel and finely chop the garlic.

Trim and shred the spring onions. Finely chop the chillis. Peel and finely chop the ginger. Chop the lemon grass. Peel and finely chop the garlic.

In a bowl combine the crab, breadcrumbs, coriander and Thai paste and mix well. Lightly beat the egg and add sufficient to bind the ingredients in the bowl. Divide the mixture into eight and mould into flat round cakes about 2cm thick, place on a plate and allow to chill for half an hour before cooking.

Y OU have to really like crab to make the effort needed to extricate the meat from all the various sections of its complicated armour.

As the author of the 15th century Book of Nurture said rather sourly: "Crab is a slut to carve and a wrawde wight ...

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