On Tue 15 Feb 2005 04:11:03a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> Wayne Boatwright > wrote in
> :
>
>> On Tue 15 Feb 2005 02:10:35a, Dog3 wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> Melba's Jammin' > wrote in
>>> :
>>>
>>>> In article >, Wayne
>>>> Boatwright > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> >> It was sold in 6 oz. packages, but I can't remember the brand.
>>>>> >
>>>>> > Wakefield?
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, that's it, Wakefield! Appears to be non-existent here in AZ.
>>>>> If it were in the stores I frequent, I'd have recognized it right
>>>>> away. Is it still around in the midwest?
>>>>>
>>>>> Wayne
>>>>
>>>> I haven't noticed. Haven't looked, either.
>>>
>>> Wakefield is available frozen in St. Louis but I have never tried it.
>>> I use fresh crab when I need it for a good recipe and canned crab for
>>> dips and nibbles etc.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> I buy fresh backfin and dungeness crab for certain dishes. The
>> Wakefield frozen king crab I used to keep on hand in the freezer for a
>> particular appetizer "recipe" that I used to make. An 8 oz. block of
>> cream cheese, beaten and spread on a serving plate; Bennett's Chili
>> Sauce mixed with horseradish, Worcestershire sauce, and lemon juice,
>> then the crabmeat lightly stirred into the chili sauce mixture; the
>> whole thing poured over the cream cheese. Serve with Triscuits and
>> water crackers.
>>
>> Wayne
>>
>
> I have made this before but I used cocktail sauce instead of the
> Bennett's. All of the other ingredients are the same except the crab. I
> used canned for this recipe and usually only take it to food days at
> work. For the cannibals at work I could have probably used fake crab and
> none of them would know the dif. We're talking about a group of people
> that think wienies in BBQ sauce kept in the crock pot is a gourmet meal.
>
> Michael

I've always used Bennett's (it used to be called "Bennett's Chili Sauce
Relish") because it has little bits of onion and red and green pepper in
it. Both the Wakefield's and the Bennett's were brands specified when a
friend gave me this "recipe" years ago. I can't find the Bennett's here in
Az, either, but there is another brand packaged in a little round jar
called Hommade(sic) Chili sauce that is made the same way.

I agree about the bunch at work. It amazes me at what people will eat!
For many of them, going to Blimpie at lunch is a real treat! :-)

When fake crab first began appearing in our supermakets back in Ohio, I was
curious enough to buy some. After the first bite, the rest landed in the
trash. I just can't get it down. I'm not being a snob, I just find it
revolting.

Wayne