Ingredients

• 4 cups cold water
• 1 cup diced carrots
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ¾ cup chopped celery
• ¼ cup butter
• 1 Tbl Old Bay Seafood Seasoning
• 1 Tbl Worcestershire sauce
• 1 ½ cups diced potatoes
• 1 1-pound can tomatoes, chopped
• 2 Tbl parsley
• 1 pound Byrd backfin or lump crab meat

Directions

Melt butter and sauté carrots, onion and celery. Add dry seasonings to vegetables. Add remaining ingredients except crab meat. Bring to boil and then simmer for 1 ½ hours. Add crab meat and simmer and additional ½ hour. Yields 1 ½ quarts.