Fried Soft-Shell Crabs

Have a dish of cracker dust mixed with a little pepper and on the stove a pan
half full of smoking hot fat; beat two eggs, roll the crabs in the crumbs and dip them
in the eggs, then roll them again in the crumbs and put in the hot fat to fry. Take
them out with a skimmer, lay on brown paper to free them from grease and serve
them while hot.