Who has the best neighbor !?!?!?!? ME !!!!

shoneyboy · May 24, 2012

Ok, just so happen today, my neighbor brought me 5 dozen crabs, so I took some pictures of what I like to put in when I boil them….basically I use the same recipe as I would use for crawfish…..Here are some picture of what type of seasoning and some of the veggies I like to put in when boiling anything like this…..It is endless to what you can add and is mostly personal preference….In the past, after removing the seafood I have dropped a raw egg into the seasoned water…..kind of poaches it, which I usually hate, but poached in crab boil seasoning, I could eat 4 easily….Well enough talking here are some pictures of the crabs…..

I love these little red potato boiled in crab boil, but to take them the next day and cut them up and deep fry them.....OMG !!! They are sooooo good!!!!

Liquid crab boil ....

Powder crab boil........

Salt.....

Cook veggies until tender, then add crabs, bring back to a boil for 2 minutes....then turn them off....allow them to sit in the pot of liquid for 20-30 minutes to soak up some of the seasonings....

Drain the liquid off....then enjoy.....MMMmmmm!!!!!! Crabs ......

chef jimmyj · May 24, 2012

I am going to save some of the Crawfish boil liquid to poach eggs on Sunday. I love Blue Crabs but I am the only one that eats them. It ain't no fun sitting a couple of hours by yourself pickin' and poundin' Beers...

...JJ

jirodriguez · May 24, 2012

Chef JimmyJ said:
I am going to save some of the Crawfish boil liquid to poach eggs on Sunday. I love Blue Crabs but I am the only one that eats them. It ain't no fun sitting a couple of hours by yourself pickin' and poundin' Beers...

...JJ

Hell Jimmy... you just about described and ideal Saturday to me... only thing missing is the football game, and my big dog snorring at my feet!

shoneyboy · May 25, 2012

@ JJ, when you drain them, watch were you dump the liquid. We usually just dump it in a ditch, but be aware it can and will kill any grass u dump it on……It will work like Round-up….. I sometimes wonder why I eat this stuff...but the taste is unimaginably good !!! You can dump it down the drain, but with the amount we are usually dealing with it is too much of a mess for the kitchen drain….

diggingdogfarm · May 25, 2012

Shoneyboy said:
It will work like Round-up

:icon_eek:

~Martin :biggrin:

rbranstner · May 25, 2012

Oh man I wish I could dig into that with you.

athabaskar · May 25, 2012

I don't like to tell people what they should do, but I'm thinking it would be a good idea to mow your neighbor's yard. Then he'll think he has the best neighbor too!

shoneyboy · May 25, 2012

I have mowed his yard, I let him borrow my tools and I have helped him work on his kid’s vehicle too.... One of the best neighbors I have ever had yet!!!!

rbranstner · May 25, 2012

It's awesome when you have a good neighbor. I have one of those right now but we are moving next month so we are a little nervous to see who we will be living next to in the future. Hopefully there will be someone in the area who likes smoked meat.

shoneyboy · May 25, 2012

Well have you given Louisiana any thoughts ????

Everyone likes food around here !!! Expecially smoked meats.....

scarbelly · May 25, 2012

Good neighbors are hard to find and it looks like you really found a good one - congrats

oldschoolbbq · May 25, 2012

Yeah , good neighbors are hard to find... I really miss my 'Bud' in Temple ; his Dad had a Shrimp boat in Freeport and was always bringing me something good

.

Too faro get the good stuff anymore..

moikel · May 25, 2012

Looks like a great way to eat crab ,new to me way down here. Looks like a great traditional way to cook them.Crabs look pretty close to what we call a blue swimmer in some states & a manna crab in others.

moikel · May 29, 2012

I am posting again because I really like the fact that this is traditional cookery that has obviously been done for a long time and you obviously are the master of it. Its got a bit of a french feel but thats probably a long way back in its history. I have seen crawfish boils on TV shows,nothing like it here. Specialized mix like Zatarains only makes it more intriguing .

We just boil them in salted water or they get chopped into 1/4 s for mixed seafood dishes. Asian cookery another thing.

Those big mudcrabs I put in ChefJJ S thread while we are all killing time are another matter.Everybody up north that fishes from a boat will throw in a few crabpots in a tidal creek. On my last big tropical expedition we would get 10-12 a day,& that was the starter back at camp for dinner.

Only problem is the crocodiles that get attracted by the activity. Here is camp set up

diesel · May 29, 2012

I was raised on blue crabs. There is nothing like sitting around the picnic table seeing which is higher, the pile of crab shells or the beer cans. One thing I have noticed is in the deep south (LA) they boil the crabs. Here in VA we steam them.

I have had them cooked both ways and enjoy both just as much.

Nice work.

shoneyboy · May 29, 2012

Diesel, How do they season them when they steam them ????

mdboatbum · May 29, 2012

Chef JimmyJ said:
It ain't no fun sitting a couple of hours by yourself pickin' and poundin' Beers...

...JJ

I'm going to assume that's sarcasm :)

I'm from the same school of thought (and region) as Diesel, more of a steamer than a boiler. I have however boiled them in a mock low country boil, and enjoyed them just as much.

Nothing quite like a whole mess of crabs in a steamer, with about 3" of Natty Boh, some cider vinegar, a few bay leaves, and a shot of Worcestershire sauce in the bottom, and about 2 cups of Old Bay sprinkled evenly on the crabs. You gotta leave enough room at the top of the pot for a half dozen or so ears of Eastern Shore supersweet white corn, still in the husks. 20 minutes later dump it out on a newspaper covered picnic table (waterview not required, but really adds to the whole experience) , pour a beer out of the pitcher and commence the destruction. You'll know you're doing well when the pile of shells in the middle of the table obscures the view of the person sitting across from you.My stomach is actually starting to growl as I type this!

moikel · May 30, 2012

Shoneyboy this is your thread not mine but do you mind if I stick my Singapore Chilli Crab on the end of it?I am happy to start a fresh thread but given there are a bunch of crab eaters/cooks

tuned into this one it might be easier.Dont want to hijack it

Singapore Chilli Crab is a real crab fanciers dish down here both in restaurants & homes,we Aussies have adopted & adapted it.Lot of recipes out there ,mine is an adaption of one I know came out of Darwin via a chef called Peter Evans.

I will have to use our Blue Swimmer crabs those big mud crabs are the same price as lobster

.Up in Darwin a good neighbour will give you a few,just make sure the claws are tied up down here you got to shell out a big one could easy be $ 40-50

shoneyboy · May 30, 2012

Moikel, I don’t mind you hijacking this thread, it is not mine it is ours. The only thing I ask for, is the recipe

, this sounds like something I would like to try

….Is it spicy? I know that I don't have to tell you this, but if you are

going to post something this intriguing on this thread I feel that I have to put it out there,

............

rabbithutch · May 30, 2012

Having lived in central Texas for nearly 20 years, I found that the choices for seafood are poor. Most people around here think seafood is pond-raised catfish, canned tuna, or salmon. I grew up in central NC and spent many weeks and weekends on the coast. Blue crabs were always a fine meal. I was in the local supermarket (HEB) this past weekend and noticed a bunch of people standing around a bin gawking at the contents. I went over and it was a mess of blue crabs. I don't believe many (if any) of the folks standing around had ever see them before. I reached down and picked one up to show the kids how they will wave their arms and 'snap' their claws.

What puzzled me was that the crabs were not on ice. In all the years that I've bought crab, they either came fresh out of the water from a crab pot or they were sold in stores on ice or in a refrigerated display. Am I the weird one? I'm not sure I'd trust myself to eat crab that had been out of the water a long spell without being refrigerated. How about you?

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