Instructions: Boil terrapins and pick out meat; melt butter in a good size sauce pan.

Remove from fire, and blend in flour; stir in milk gradually, and season with salt and pepper. Chop egg whites and add with terrapin meat to milk mixture; stir in mashed yolks of eggs. Return to stove and simmer until thickened. Last add cream, and sherry wine to your taste.

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