>> just joe wrote:
>> >> and frying them in butter. Better ideas?
>> >>
>> >
>> > grill, don't fry. use a fish basket but don't make them so thick that
> they
>> > poke through the wires or it's a pain to get them out.
>> >
>> > don't fry.
>>
>> Hm. How come?
>>
>> Serene (and how? I have no grill. Use the oven broiler? I was kinda
>> looking forward to frying them in butter, but I'm listening. :-)
>
> They really turn out best deep fried. Short of that, I use 1/2 inch
> neutral
> oil in a skillet at 350F. Drain on paper towels or brown paper. The
> butter
> is already in the cake.
>

sorry, guess i'm just some numbnutts w/ 20 crab traps that's never learned
jack about crab. if i wasn't so fookin' stoopid i'd try the broiler if i
couldn't fire up the grill. but if you have to fry them, don't use butter
(low smoking temp). try canola and do it quick and hot. i just love how the
oil coats the walls of the kitchen, makes cleanup a dream.

joe
petersburg, alaska