On 17 Oct 2005 04:42:15 -0500, "Bob Terwilliger"
> wrote:

>Carol wrote:
>
>>>> West Indies Salad
>>>>
>>>> Ingredients:
>>>> 1 pound jumbo lump crab meat
>>>> 1 mild, medium onion, thinly sliced into rings (Vidalia, if possible)
>>>> 6 ounces cider vinegar
>>>> 3 ounces mild flavored Veg. oil
>>>> 4 ounces ice water
>>>>
>>>> Layer crab and onions. Add salt and white pepper to taste.
>>>> Mix vinegar, oil, and water and pour over crab meat mixture.
>>>> Refrigerate overnight, covered with plastic wrap
>>>
>>> I'd change this significantly by using a mixture of rice wine vinegar and
>>> lime juice instead of the cider vinegar, cutting out the water, adding a
>>> couple sliced habañeros, and then mixing with avocado chunks just before
>>> serving. Maybe garnish with cilantro.
>>>
>>> I wonder how it would be if you used red onions and pickled them in the
>>> vinegar before adding the other ingredients. I just might try that.
>>
>> Well, at least you left the crab in. Or was that an oversight? <G>
>
>
>Oh, that's right; I'd use pounded-and-sliced conch instead. :-Þ

That's better! Sheesh!

>(I *did* say that the changes were SIGNIFICANT.)

That you did, that you did. LOL!

>Bob

Carol