Lobster - and - Crabmeat Cocktail

Lobster - and - Crabmeat Cocktail

Red, white and festive . . . our first course, a lobster- and-crabmeat cocktail cupped in tomato.

Ingredients:
6 small tomatoes
1 cup cooked crab meat
1 cup cooked lobster meat.
1/4 cup tarragon vinegar

Procedure:

Slice off tops of 6 small tomatoes, scoop out insides, wrap hollowed tomatoes in plastic film and chill in refrigerator.
Now for the meat of tasty crustaceans.
Bone 1 cup cooked crab-meat — with zeal.
Add to it 1 cup cooked lobster meat, bite size.
Marinate both for ½ hour in ¼cup tarragon vinegar, then chill.
Half an hour before dinner, lightly salt insides of tomatoes.
Fill with sea food.
We'll spoon over it Creamy Cottage-cheese Dressing.

Creamy Cottage-cheese Dressing
Combine in electric blender or put through sieve
½ cup cottage cheese,
2 tablespoons skimmed milk,
1 teaspoon grated onion,
1 teaspoon lemon juice,
¼teaspoon salt,
dash of pepper.
Blend until smooth.
Chill.
A most refreshing dressing. And it brings calorie count up to only 71 per serving.

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