Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   6      tablespoons   butter or margarine
     1/4  cup           all-purpose flour
   2      cups          milk
   1      can           crab meat -- (7 1/2 oz.),
                        -- drained, flaked and removed
   2                    hard cooked eggs -- chopped
     1/2  cup           chopped pimiento
     1/2  cup           fine dry break crumbs
     1/4  cup           slivered almonds

Preparation:

In skillet, melt 4 tbs. butter; blend in flour. Add milk all at once; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Stir in crab meat, chopped eggs, pimiento. 1 tsp. salt, and 1/8 tsp. pepper. Spoon mixture into 6 individual casserole dishes or baking shells. Melt remaining 2 tbs. butter, toss with bread crumbs to combine. Sprinkle crumbs atop crab mixture. Top with slivered almonds. Bake uncovered, at 350, for 20 to 25 minutes.