I'm not crabby I'm cute!
So says the t-shirt. Coming back to Baltimore where I lived before hitting the road meant having steamed blue channel crabs one night. Daughter Rebekah is highly allergic so son-in-law Rich stepped up to the plate and offered to take us to his favorite, Bo Brooks, at Lighthouse Point in Dundalk. Grandson Timmy, who is game to try new things, decided to come as well.
Crabs are more expensive than I remember - the large were $54 per dozen going up to around $100/dozen for the jumbos! But, you only live once so we ordered some. Timmy wasn't sure he'd like them but as soon as he saw the mallet, that's what he wanted to try. What kid could resist?
They spread brown paper over the table - eating crabs is messy. You pry the crab open with a knife to get inside. Then you use knife and mallet (or just the mallet) to break open the claws.
I loved lobster in Maine, but I think steamed crabs edge them out. Maryland crabs are steamed in Old Bay Seasoning, which makes them much more flavorful than lobster with butter. Maybe I'd better try lobster again, though, just to make sure. Jaimie
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Crabs are more expensive than I remember - the large were $54 per dozen going up to around $100/dozen for the jumbos! But, you only live once so we ordered some. Timmy wasn't sure he'd like them but as soon as he saw the mallet, that's what he wanted to try. What kid could resist?
They spread brown paper over the table - eating crabs is messy. You pry the crab open with a knife to get inside. Then you use knife and mallet (or just the mallet) to break open the claws.
I loved lobster in Maine, but I think steamed crabs edge them out. Maryland crabs are steamed in Old Bay Seasoning, which makes them much more flavorful than lobster with butter. Maybe I'd better try lobster again, though, just to make sure. Jaimie
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