In article >,
"cybercat" > wrote:

> "Edwin Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> om...
> >
> > > wrote in message
> > oups.com...
> > >I am serving Maryland steamed crabs and crabcakes for dinner next week.
> > > (I'm not cooking them; I'm having them delivered pre-cooked) I'm
> > > going to a local liquor store to have someone suggest a good wine to go
> > > with it. So now I have the crabs and wine covered. But that's it.
> >
> > A good wine with crabs is beer.
> >
> > >
> > > Can someone suggest something (preferably simple) that would go well
> > > with crabs? Maybe some kind of rice or couscous or something like that
> > > and some veggies? I'm open to any ideas. I'm a bachelor, so the
> > > easier the suggestions, the better.
> >
> > Corn on the cob and more beer.
> >
> > Go to a good Maryland crab house and you don't see any wine, just beer.
> Go
> > to any bar in Philly or Jersey that has crabs and they will be drinking
> > beer. Go to any backyard crab boil and there will be beer.
> >
> >
>
> Yepper. Steamed crabs are what change the equation. If they are done
> right they will be caked with Old Bay and steamed in beer, and everyone
> will be ripping into them with their bare hands. Beer.
>
> If the OP was doing just crab cakes it migh be different, but steamed crabs
> need beer. We never had any side dishes with them!

Beer... <shudder>

Ew.

Champagne would be more classy.

IMHO ALL beer tastes like earwax!

Cheers!

Om -> Who has honestly tried very hard to like beer, but just can NOT
deal with it......
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Peace!
Om

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