Hot Crab Meat Dip

This is in reply to a request. It sounds delicious but I haven't tried it yet.

• Ready In: 30 mins
• Yields: 1 party dip

Ingredients

• 8  tablespoons butter
• 8  tablespoons flour
• 3  cups milk
• 1⁄4 cup butter
• 1  small  chopped onion
• 1⁄2  chopped bell pepper
• 2 -3  stalks  chopped celery
• 1 (4 ounce) can  sliced mushrooms
• 1  lb  crabmeat
•  Tabasco sauce
•  salt and pepper
•  pimiento (optional)

Directions

1. Melt the butter in a sauce pan, blend in the flour and add the milk slowly, stirring until the sauce is smooth and thick.
2. If sauce is too thick, add more milk.
3. Sauté' in the butter; onion, bell pepper and celery until the vegetables are very soft.
4. Add to the cream sauce.
5. When ready to serve add the mushrooms and crab-meat.
6. Season to taste with Tabasco, salt and pepper.