On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:47:27 -0500, jmcquown >
wrote:

> On 11/15/2016 10:27 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:31:33 -0500, jmcquown >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On 11/14/2016 9:01 PM, sf wrote:
> >>> On Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:46:17 -0500, Gary > wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> jmcquown wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Crab cake recipe?
> >>>>
> >>>> My favorite -
> >>>> Chesapeake Bay Crab Cakes
> >>>> -------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>> - 1 pound fresh blue-crab meat
> >>>> - 9 crushed saltine crackers
> >>>> - 1 TBS mustard
> >>>> - 1 TBS mayonnaise
> >>>> - 1 egg
> >>>> - 3/4 tsp. red pepper (or not) (I've never added this)
> >>>> - 3 TBS chopped fresh parsley
> >>>> - salt and pepper to taste
> >>>>
> >>>> Mix all ingredients together, shape into small patties and fry in hot
> >>>> butter until golden brown on both sides!
> >>>> (or fry in a neutral tasting oil)
> >>>>
> >>>> Serve with a good coleslaw and whatever else sounds good to you.
> >>>>
> >>>> LOL! I'm sure there will be no good cole slaw for Jill.
> >>>> Also Jill, this assumes you cooked fresh crab along with Old Bay.
> >>>> If you are using frozen, I'd put just a pinch of Old Bay in it too.
> >>>> If you are using canned crab, don't bother...use albacore tuna
> >>>> instead and save your money.
> >>>>
> >>>> Purists insist on no filler but don't worry about the 9 saltines.
> >>>> Added to 1 pound of crab meat, those disappear into the mix.
> >>>> The little bit of cracker and the egg bind up the crabcake well.
> >>>> Without those, your crab cakes will fall apart.
> >>>> This is good eats.
> >>>> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> That's one even I'd try if my husband could still eat crab.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Maybe make a couple for yourself and something else for him?
> >>
> > I'm not that big of a crab lover. When we used to eat crab, I bought
> > it because he and the rest of the family liked it so much. Crab is
> > outrageously priced these days anyway.
> >
> >
> I don't enjoy picking fresh crab, been there, done that. The price of
> canned crab is not outragous.
>
I wouldn't use canned crab for anything other than the dip that's made
with canned cream of mushroom soup and cream cheese (+ a few other
things). Sounds vile (it has been raked over the coals in rfc several
times), but it's tasty all the same.


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