"blake murphy" > wrote
>
> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
> my
> opinion.
>
Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like snow
crab legs in drawn butter.

On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>
>>> NO.
>>
>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a crab
>> cake.
>>
> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
> appreciate it.

i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given would
make a good crab cake.

but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a little
old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.

your pal,
blake

cybercat wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote
>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>> my
>> opinion.
>>
> Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like snow
> crab legs in drawn butter.
>
>
Dungeness and stone.

"blake murphy" > wrote :
>
> i'm sure deviled crab is good,

Have you had it? There may be good deviled crab, but the times I have
encountered it, it was like some kind of hot crab salad, heavy on the mayo.
Ick.

..
>
> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a little
> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>

My grandfather was, too. He plucked the crabs right out of the Rappahannock
(they were allowed three pots for private use) and steamed them that
afternoon for "dinner." I like backfin crab cakes best, but also love to sit
down with steamed crabs encrusted with Old Bay and go to town. Beautiful
stuff. I really like the yellow fat, what we called "mustard" you find on
the quarters when you crack them open. The claws are great too.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
...
> cybercat wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>>> my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>> Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like snow
>> crab legs in drawn butter.
> Dungeness and stone.

Don't think I have ever had these.

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg

>ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>
>still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>opinion.
>
Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.
--

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On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>>
>>>> NO.
>>>
>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
crab
>>> cake.
>>>
>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
>> appreciate it.
>
> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
would
> make a good crab cake.
>
> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
little
> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>
> your pal,
> blake
>

I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
for everything.

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blake murphy wrote:

>>> whereat in maryland do you live, janet?
>>>
>> Harlingen, TX. The crabs were caught in a little estuary near the
>> Brownsville Chip Channel
>
> ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>
> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
> opinion.

I didn't go out with my friend yesterday but he caught about 80 so he
called and we went over and got a couple of dozen that he'd already
steamed with Old Bay.

They are in the fridge and while DH watches all the bowl games, I'll sit
at the kitchen table with a pile of newspaper, my Carvel Hall hammer and
some picks and tweezers and pick crabs for a future crab cake dinner.

Today we are having pork and sauerkraut which is in the slow cooker.

--
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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
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cybercat wrote:
> "blake murphy" > wrote
>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>> my
>> opinion.
>>
> Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like snow
> crab legs in drawn butter.
>
>

There are Dungeness. They are easier to eat because they are meaty, but,
IMHO, they don't come close to blue claws which are my favorites. King
comes second and Snow comes third. Dungeness are the lest sweet, I think.

--
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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg
>
>> ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>
>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>> opinion.
>>
> Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.
>

Ouch!!

--
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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg
>>
>>> ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>>
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>>> my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>> Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.
>>
>
> Ouch!!
>

To "**** with" is not the same as "to ****." If it were I would be the most
oversexed woman on the planet.

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> cybercat wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>>> my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>> Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like snow
>> crab legs in drawn butter.
>
> There are Dungeness. They are easier to eat because they are meaty, but,
> IMHO, they don't come close to blue claws which are my favorites. King
> comes second and Snow comes third. Dungeness are the lest sweet, I think.
>
Now I neeeeeed some blue crab, oooo.

Janet Wilder wrote:
> cybercat wrote:
>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with,
>>> in my
>>> opinion.
>>>
>> Mine too. Are there any others, besides blue, king, and snow? I like
>> snow crab legs in drawn butter.
>>
>
> There are Dungeness. They are easier to eat because they are meaty, but,
> IMHO, they don't come close to blue claws which are my favorites. King
> comes second and Snow comes third. Dungeness are the lest sweet, I think.
>
I'm even more picky, I eat only blues and stones. Both of which are
present in the Gulf. Used to catch a lot of stone crabs in the Nueces
River near a dock the company I worked for had. Lots of concrete rip rap
along the shore and we could catch a couple of dozen anytime we went.
Plus they're a renewable resource, you take the one big claw and then
turn them loose to grow another. Still, it's very hard to beat the
flavor in Atlantic blue crabs.

fOn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:59:30 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote
>> they're not cheap anymore in maryland. the chesapeake harvests have been
>> pretty lousy for a number of years.
>>
>
> Sadly, I am not even sure I would eat Chesapeake crabs, from what I have
> read about the condition of the bay. That area is one of many chewed up and
> spit out by 100+ years of heavy industry.

i think it's more chicken shit and agricultural runoff that produces
elevated nitrogen levels that's the problem.

<http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_water_pollutio n>

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:06:54 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg
>
>>ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>
>>still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>>opinion.
>>
> Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.

like so much in life.

your pal,
blake

On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:

> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...
>
>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>>>
>>>>> NO.
>>>>
>>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
> crab
>>>> cake.
>>>>
>>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
>>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
>>> appreciate it.
>>
>> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
> would
>> make a good crab cake.
>>
>> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
> little
>> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
>> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>>
>
> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
> for everything.

true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at a
dinner party.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...
>>
>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>
>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>>>> NO.
>>>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
>> crab
>>>>> cake.
>>>>>
>>>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
>>>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
>>>> appreciate it.
>>> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
>> would
>>> make a good crab cake.
>>>
>>> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
>> little
>>> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
>>> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>>>
>>> your pal,
>>> blake
>>>
>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
>> for everything.
>
> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at a
> dinner party.
>
> your pal,
> blake

You could put newspaper on the table :-)

--
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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:06:54 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg
>>
>>>ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>>
>>>still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>>>my
>>>opinion.
>>>
>> Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.
>
> like so much in life.
>

There was a helluva lot still legal in Texas when I was there.

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
...
> fOn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:59:30 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>> they're not cheap anymore in maryland. the chesapeake harvests have
>>> been
>>> pretty lousy for a number of years.
>>>
>>
>> Sadly, I am not even sure I would eat Chesapeake crabs, from what I have
>> read about the condition of the bay. That area is one of many chewed up
>> and
>> spit out by 100+ years of heavy industry.
>
> i think it's more chicken shit and agricultural runoff that produces
> elevated nitrogen levels that's the problem.
>
> <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_water_pollutio n>
>

Ahhhhh. Crabs like all that stuff the factories pump into the water?

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
> > On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...
> >
> >> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
> >>
> >>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> >>> ...
> >>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
> >>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
> >>>>>
> >>>>> NO.
> >>>>
> >>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
> > crab
> >>>> cake.
> >>>>
> >>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
> >>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
> >>> appreciate it.
> >>
> >> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
> > would
> >> make a good crab cake.
> >>
> >> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
> > little
> >> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
> >> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >>
> >
> > I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
> > butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> > crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
> > for everything.
>
> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at a
> dinner party.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Depends on the dinner party. <g>

Ever been to a crawfish boil for instance?
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:39:49 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>>> whereat in maryland do you live, janet?
>>>>
>>> Harlingen, TX. The crabs were caught in a little estuary near the
>>> Brownsville Chip Channel
>>
>> ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>
>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>> opinion.
>
> I didn't go out with my friend yesterday but he caught about 80 so he
> called and we went over and got a couple of dozen that he'd already
> steamed with Old Bay.
>
> They are in the fridge and while DH watches all the bowl games, I'll sit
> at the kitchen table with a pile of newspaper, my Carvel Hall hammer and
> some picks and tweezers and pick crabs for a future crab cake dinner.
>

o.k., i am officially jealous. i hope you manage to eat some while
picking.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:50:46 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> fOn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:59:30 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>>> they're not cheap anymore in maryland. the chesapeake harvests have
>>>> been
>>>> pretty lousy for a number of years.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sadly, I am not even sure I would eat Chesapeake crabs, from what I have
>>> read about the condition of the bay. That area is one of many chewed up
>>> and
>>> spit out by 100+ years of heavy industry.
>>
>> i think it's more chicken shit and agricultural runoff that produces
>> elevated nitrogen levels that's the problem.
>>
>> <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_water_pollutio n>
>>
>
> Ahhhhh. Crabs like all that stuff the factories pump into the water?

i'm sure they don't, but there are more chicken farms than big factories in
the runoff area. the nitrogen causes 'dead areas' in the bay and ****s up
the food chain.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:49:56 -0500, cybercat wrote:

> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:06:54 -0600, modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:54:57 GMT, blake murphy
>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://i39.tinypic.com/2e0irzl.jpg
>>>
>>>>ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>>>
>>>>still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
>>>>my
>>>>opinion.
>>>>
>>> Sex with crabs is illegal in Texas, Blake.
>>
>> like so much in life.
>>
>
> There was a helluva lot still legal in Texas when I was there.

are you kidding me? i thought texas was where the cops busted in on two
men making love:

The petitioners, medical technologist John Geddes Lawrence, then 55, and
Tyron Garner (1967¡V2006), then 31, were alleged to have been engaging in
consensual anal sex in Lawrence's apartment in the outskirts of Houston
between 10:30 and 11 p.m. on September 17, 1998 when Harris County
sheriff's deputy Joseph Quinn entered the unlocked apartment, with his
weapon drawn, arresting the two.

The arrests had stemmed from a false report of a "weapons disturbance" in
their home ¡X that because of a domestic disturbance or robbery, there was a
man with a gun "going crazy." The person who filed the report, neighbor
Robert Royce Eubanks, then 40, had earlier been accused of harassing the
plaintiffs. (Despite the false report, probable cause to enter the home was
not at issue in the case. Eubanks, with whom Garner was romantically
involved at the time of the arrest, later admitted that he was lying,
pleaded no contest to charges of filing a false police report, and served
15 days in jail.)

lawrence v. texas:

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_v._Texas>

or are we referring mostly to sex with animals?

(i do like the 'with his weapon drawn' part, though.)

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:43:27 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>>>>> NO.
>>>>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
>>> crab
>>>>>> cake.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
>>>>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
>>>>> appreciate it.
>>>> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
>>> would
>>>> make a good crab cake.
>>>>
>>>> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
>>> little
>>>> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
>>>> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>>>
>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
>>> for everything.
>>
>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at a
>> dinner party.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> You could put newspaper on the table :-)

personally, i'd like to attend such a dinner party, but i know some
wouldn't.

your pal,
blake

On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 20:57:08 -0600, Omelet wrote:

> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:05:04 GMT, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed 31 Dec 2008 10:06:10a, blake murphy told us...
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:40:37 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> On Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:25:48 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Steve Pope" > wrote
>>>>>>>> It looks like it could pass as a crab cake recipe
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NO.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it seems like a lot of stuff in relation to the amount of crab for a
>>> crab
>>>>>> cake.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I realize that Marylanders have a stick up their butts about crab, but
>>>>> really. DEVILED crab? Just put the crab DOWN and leave it for those who
>>>>> appreciate it.
>>>>
>>>> i'm sure deviled crab is good, but i don't think the mixture as given
>>> would
>>>> make a good crab cake.
>>>>
>>>> but i'd prefer to both eating steamed crabs with some vinegar and a
>>> little
>>>> old bay or similar mixed in to dip the morsels in. been a long time,
>>>> though. my dad is an ace crab steamer.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>>>
>>>
>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a reason
>>> for everything.
>>
>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at a
>> dinner party.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Depends on the dinner party. <g>
>
> Ever been to a crawfish boil for instance?

nope. as far as i know, crawfish not plentiful enough around here. i'd
like to, though.

your pal,
blake

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> >>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
> >>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> >>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
> >>> reason
> >>> for everything.
> >>
> >> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at
> >> a
> >> dinner party.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > You could put newspaper on the table :-)
>
> personally, i'd like to attend such a dinner party, but i know some
> wouldn't.
>
> your pal,
> blake

Their loss, and the more for YOU! <lol>
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Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> >>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
> >>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> >>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
> >>> reason
> >>> for everything.
> >>
> >> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at
> >> a
> >> dinner party.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > Depends on the dinner party. <g>
> >
> > Ever been to a crawfish boil for instance?
>
> nope. as far as i know, crawfish not plentiful enough around here. i'd
> like to, though.
>
> your pal,
> blake

It was fun. I need to render the pics into tinypic so I can share them
here! It was a birthday party. Crawfish, BBQ sausages, boiled potatoes
and corn on the cob were the main menu items. Other items were pot luck
brought by the invitees.

They did steamed a bunch of hot dogs for the kids that were not
interested in the crawfish.

We also did a bunch of skeet shooting. <g>

Great "redneck" party!

The crawfish were brought in live from Louisiana by one of the party
goers via arrangements with the host.
--
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

blake murphy wrote:

>>>
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>>> opinion.


Each to his own, but you have to be pretty careful about the claws...

gloria p

blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:39:49 -0600, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>>>> whereat in maryland do you live, janet?
>>>>>
>>>> Harlingen, TX. The crabs were caught in a little estuary near the
>>>> Brownsville Chip Channel
>>> ah, i half-thought i remembered texas.
>>>
>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>>> opinion.
>> I didn't go out with my friend yesterday but he caught about 80 so he
>> called and we went over and got a couple of dozen that he'd already
>> steamed with Old Bay.
>>
>> They are in the fridge and while DH watches all the bowl games, I'll sit
>> at the kitchen table with a pile of newspaper, my Carvel Hall hammer and
>> some picks and tweezers and pick crabs for a future crab cake dinner.
>>
>
> o.k., i am officially jealous. i hope you manage to eat some while
> picking.

Didn't eat any. Got just under 2 pounds of nice meat. It's in the freezer.

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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>>>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
>>>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
>>>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
>>>>> reason
>>>>> for everything.
>>>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at
>>>> a
>>>> dinner party.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>> You could put newspaper on the table :-)
>> personally, i'd like to attend such a dinner party, but i know some
>> wouldn't.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> Their loss, and the more for YOU! <lol>

If I had two invitations for dinner parties at the same time and one was
for a fancy dinner with linen table clothes, fine wines, etc. and the
other was for a crab cracking with beer and newspaper on the tables, I'd
take the crab cracking invite. I can get "fussy" food whenever I want
it, but a good mess of steamed blue claws isn't that easy to find. JMHO

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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>>>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with drawn
>>>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
>>>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
>>>>> reason
>>>>> for everything.
>>>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve at
>>>> a
>>>> dinner party.
>>>>
>>>> your pal,
>>>> blake
>>> Depends on the dinner party. <g>
>>>
>>> Ever been to a crawfish boil for instance?
>> nope. as far as i know, crawfish not plentiful enough around here. i'd
>> like to, though.
>>
>> your pal,
>> blake
>
> It was fun. I need to render the pics into tinypic so I can share them
> here! It was a birthday party. Crawfish, BBQ sausages, boiled potatoes
> and corn on the cob were the main menu items. Other items were pot luck
> brought by the invitees.
>
> They did steamed a bunch of hot dogs for the kids that were not
> interested in the crawfish.
>
> We also did a bunch of skeet shooting. <g>
>
> Great "redneck" party!
>
> The crawfish were brought in live from Louisiana by one of the party
> goers via arrangements with the host.

I actually visited a crawfish farm in LA a few years back. The rice
growers "rotate" their crops. It was really interesting. I'll look for
the pix and put one up sometime or another. I'm still way, way behind on
getting all my Europe pix in order.

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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > blake murphy > wrote:
> >
> >>>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with
> >>>>> drawn
> >>>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> >>>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
> >>>>> reason
> >>>>> for everything.
> >>>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve
> >>>> at
> >>>> a
> >>>> dinner party.
> >>>>
> >>>> your pal,
> >>>> blake
> >>> You could put newspaper on the table :-)
> >> personally, i'd like to attend such a dinner party, but i know some
> >> wouldn't.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > Their loss, and the more for YOU! <lol>
>
> If I had two invitations for dinner parties at the same time and one was
> for a fancy dinner with linen table clothes, fine wines, etc. and the
> other was for a crab cracking with beer and newspaper on the tables, I'd
> take the crab cracking invite. I can get "fussy" food whenever I want
> it, but a good mess of steamed blue claws isn't that easy to find. JMHO

Ditto.

This is making me hungry for crab darn it! Snow crab clusters will do
and they are available right now for $5.99 per lb.

The king crab is preferable, but it's at $16.00 per lb. right now. <sigh>
I can't justify paying that.
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In article >,
Janet Wilder > wrote:

> Omelet wrote:
> > In article >,
> > blake murphy > wrote:
> >
> >>>>> I can't disagree with eating unadulterated fresh crab, perhaps with
> >>>>> drawn
> >>>>> butter, but the deviled crab is especially suitable for use with canned
> >>>>> crab which is not at all like fresh cooked crab. There's usually a
> >>>>> reason
> >>>>> for everything.
> >>>> true. and steamed hardshells aren't exactly something you could serve
> >>>> at
> >>>> a
> >>>> dinner party.
> >>>>
> >>>> your pal,
> >>>> blake
> >>> Depends on the dinner party. <g>
> >>>
> >>> Ever been to a crawfish boil for instance?
> >> nope. as far as i know, crawfish not plentiful enough around here. i'd
> >> like to, though.
> >>
> >> your pal,
> >> blake
> >
> > It was fun. I need to render the pics into tinypic so I can share them
> > here! It was a birthday party. Crawfish, BBQ sausages, boiled potatoes
> > and corn on the cob were the main menu items. Other items were pot luck
> > brought by the invitees.
> >
> > They did steamed a bunch of hot dogs for the kids that were not
> > interested in the crawfish.
> >
> > We also did a bunch of skeet shooting. <g>
> >
> > Great "redneck" party!
> >
> > The crawfish were brought in live from Louisiana by one of the party
> > goers via arrangements with the host.
>
> I actually visited a crawfish farm in LA a few years back. The rice
> growers "rotate" their crops. It was really interesting. I'll look for
> the pix and put one up sometime or another. I'm still way, way behind on
> getting all my Europe pix in order.

Crawfish grow wild in LA too. I've read about the swamp migrations.
Supposedly, you can pick them up by the shovel full in some areas.

Fresh crawfish is very sweet and good! It always shocks me when someone
cooks them in a spiced bath that includes Cayenne. :-(
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama

Omelet wrote:

>
> Crawfish grow wild in LA too. I've read about the swamp migrations.
> Supposedly, you can pick them up by the shovel full in some areas.

The culvert by the road at the end of my property gets a lot of water in
it. Either from rain because the county doesn't clean it's side of the
ditch or from the farmer up the road irrigating his grass for his cows
to eat. The other day I was dumping the contents of one of the unused
hurricane Ike sandbags into the cluvert and there was a dead crawfish
laying in there. They call them "mud puppies" and they come up when
there is a lot of mud in a spot for a while. I had seen them in places
like Beaumont after a lot of raink but this is the first time I've seen
one in The Valley.

Maybe I should make a big mud puddle and cultivate them :-)

> Fresh crawfish is very sweet and good! It always shocks me when someone
> cooks them in a spiced bath that includes Cayenne. :-(

I find that most places ruin them, at least for me, by putting a lot of
hot pepper-derived spices in the boil. I handle that. The only way I
can enjoy them is to order them custom boiled, which isn't hard to do.

They are one of those foods that you really have work very hard to get
enough to eat.

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Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:43:27 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:50:46 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>
>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> fOn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:59:30 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>
>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>>>> they're not cheap anymore in maryland. the chesapeake harvests have
>>>>> been
>>>>> pretty lousy for a number of years.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sadly, I am not even sure I would eat Chesapeake crabs, from what I have
>>>> read about the condition of the bay. That area is one of many chewed up
>>>> and
>>>> spit out by 100+ years of heavy industry.
>>>
>>> i think it's more chicken shit and agricultural runoff that produces
>>> elevated nitrogen levels that's the problem.
>>>
>>> <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_water_pollutio n>
>>>
>>
>> Ahhhhh. Crabs like all that stuff the factories pump into the water?
>
>i'm sure they don't, but there are more chicken farms than big factories in
>the runoff area. the nitrogen causes 'dead areas' in the bay and ****s up
>the food chain.
>
There's a BIG one -- dead area, that is -- that shows up every summer
at the mouth of the Mississippi and way beyond. The nitorgen from
farms upstream in the midwest feeds huge algae blooms that consume all
the oxygen. Everything dies.

It was huge this year, but the huricanes are said to have whipped up
enough turbulence to re-aerate at least some of the water down the
http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/ex...eport1206.html
--

modom

Janet Wilder wrote:
> Omelet wrote:
>
>>
>> Crawfish grow wild in LA too. I've read about the swamp migrations.
>> Supposedly, you can pick them up by the shovel full in some areas.
>
> The culvert by the road at the end of my property gets a lot of water in
> it. Either from rain because the county doesn't clean it's side of the
> ditch or from the farmer up the road irrigating his grass for his cows
> to eat. The other day I was dumping the contents of one of the unused
> hurricane Ike sandbags into the cluvert and there was a dead crawfish
> laying in there. They call them "mud puppies" and they come up when
> there is a lot of mud in a spot for a while. I had seen them in places
> like Beaumont after a lot of raink but this is the first time I've seen
> one in The Valley.
>
> Maybe I should make a big mud puddle and cultivate them :-)
>
>> Fresh crawfish is very sweet and good! It always shocks me when
>> someone cooks them in a spiced bath that includes Cayenne. :-(
>
> I find that most places ruin them, at least for me, by putting a lot of
> hot pepper-derived spices in the boil. I handle that. The only way I
> can enjoy them is to order them custom boiled, which isn't hard to do.
>
> They are one of those foods that you really have work very hard to get
> enough to eat.
>
About a pound a year satisfies my urge to eat the things. As a Native
Texan I regard crawfish as bait, not food. Really good catfish bait too.
I can't handle the spicy ones cooked in a pot with about eight bottles
of Tabasco or three or four Tony Chachere' containers in it. If it burns
you lips and mouth it can't be good for your innards or the other end
either.

modom (palindrome guy) wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:43:27 GMT, blake murphy
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:50:46 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>
>>> "blake murphy" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> fOn Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:59:30 -0500, cybercat wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> "blake murphy" > wrote
>>>>>> they're not cheap anymore in maryland. the chesapeake harvests have
>>>>>> been
>>>>>> pretty lousy for a number of years.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Sadly, I am not even sure I would eat Chesapeake crabs, from what I have
>>>>> read about the condition of the bay. That area is one of many chewed up
>>>>> and
>>>>> spit out by 100+ years of heavy industry.
>>>> i think it's more chicken shit and agricultural runoff that produces
>>>> elevated nitrogen levels that's the problem.
>>>>
>>>> <http://www.cbf.org/site/PageServer?pagename=resources_facts_water_pollutio n>
>>>>
>>> Ahhhhh. Crabs like all that stuff the factories pump into the water?
>> i'm sure they don't, but there are more chicken farms than big factories in
>> the runoff area. the nitrogen causes 'dead areas' in the bay and ****s up
>> the food chain.
>>
> There's a BIG one -- dead area, that is -- that shows up every summer
> at the mouth of the Mississippi and way beyond. The nitorgen from
> farms upstream in the midwest feeds huge algae blooms that consume all
> the oxygen. Everything dies.
>
> It was huge this year, but the huricanes are said to have whipped up
> enough turbulence to re-aerate at least some of the water down the
> http://www.cop.noaa.gov/stressors/ex...eport1206.html
> --
>
> modom
If the Army Corps of Engineers would let the Mississippi go where it
wants New Orleans would be landlocked and the Mississippi would be
coming into the Gulf about where the Mermentau River runs in.
Channelizing the Big Muddy is the reason Louisiana loses so much
shoreline each year and one of the main reasons hurricane storm surge
does so much damage nowadays. That dead zone is way out in the Gulf most
of the time now.

On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:30:32 -0700, Gloria P wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>
>>>>
>>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in my
>>>> opinion.
>
> Each to his own, but you have to be pretty careful about the claws...
>
> gloria p

once you get used to women, you can deal with anything...

your pal,
blake

"blake murphy" > wrote in message
.. .
> On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:30:32 -0700, Gloria P wrote:
>
>> blake murphy wrote:
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with,
>>>>> in my
>>>>> opinion.
>>
>> Each to his own, but you have to be pretty careful about the claws...
>>
>> gloria p
>
> once you get used to women, you can deal with anything...
>
ahaha! There are women who make crabs look all soft and cuddly wuddley.

In article >,
blake murphy > wrote:

> On Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:30:32 -0700, Gloria P wrote:
>
> > blake murphy wrote:
> >
> >>>>
> >>>> still, nice-looking blues. the only kind of crab worth ****ing with, in
> >>>> my
> >>>> opinion.
> >
> > Each to his own, but you have to be pretty careful about the claws...
> >
> > gloria p
>
> once you get used to women, you can deal with anything...
>
> your pal,
> blake

Ok, that made me laugh. ;-D
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"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama