Shrimp Wiggle

Wiggle! Jeremy, my French friend helping me translate Nana's books, and I stared at this one for a while, wondering if it really says, "Wiggle," because, wtf is a wiggle? 

Surely this isn't what Nana meant....

"'Wiggle' recipes, combining minced canned pre-cooked protein (shrimp, salmon, lobster, chicken), white sauce, and peas are generally placed in late 19th-early 20th century United States," says  foodtimeline.org.

Shrimp Wiggle 

1 can of shrimp

1 can green beans

Hollandaise?

season with salt and pepper

This is one of several wiggles in Nana's book. More to come! 

Here's the oldest known (to the foodtimeline ppl) shrimp wiggle recipe, circa 1898: 

Melt four tablespoons butter, add three tablespoons flour mixed with one-half teaspoon salt and one-eighth teaspoon pepper. Pour on gradually one and one-half cups milk. As soon as sauce thickens, add one cup shrimps, broken in pieces, and one cup canned peas, drained from their liquor and thoroughly rinsed."