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Special Features: Hard cover, comb binding, tabbed category dividers, subcategories of soups and salads and main dishes, helpful hints and cooking tips.

Description: "Friends Focus on Food" is a collection of 300 flavorful, tried, and true recipes contributed by members of Friends of Shannon Staub Public Library, their friends, family members, and community residents. The recipes, from appetizers to desserts, have been combined into a single book that will be treasured for generations to come.

Funds raised support: Shannon Staub Public Library - North Port, Florida

Cost: $14.95
plus $3.50 S/H per book.

• 2 doz. jumbo shrimp
• 1 medium onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 medium green pepper, finely diced
• 1/2 cup celery, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and divided
• 1 lb. lump crabmeat (or imitation)
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 3/4 cup cracker crumbs
• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 Tbsp mustard
• 2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1/8 tsp. ground red pepper
• Paprika

Peel shrimp, leaving tails intact; using paring knife, cut slit almost through back of shrimp. Open shrimp to flatten and place on sheet pan sprayed with oil spray; set aside. In skillet, cook onion, green pepper, celery, and 1/4 cup butter. Stir often and cook until soft. Combine crabmeat, egg, cracker crumbs, mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, and red pepper in a bowl; stir gently. Add cooked vegetable mixture; mix well. Top each shrimp with approximately 3 Tbsp crabmeat filling. Sprinkle with paprika and drizzle remaining 1/4 cup butter over top of stuffed shrimp. Bake uncovered at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until shrimp are cooked through. Place under broiler for about 5 minutes until tops are browned, basting with pan juices while broiling. Serve with lemon wedges.