While only one CSA vegetable made an appearance at our crazy tasty crab-boil this weekend (green onion in the potato salad, I'm looking at you), there was a collective agreement that the experience should be blogged. And so, a step by step guide, with pics!
Step 1. Rent a Zipcar and drive to Brooklyn's Chinatown. Use sign language to buy 4 lbs of live crab from the supermarket guy who speaks no English. Rejoice when he agrees to part with his battered basket.
Step 2. Roll the windows down. Pity the people who rented the Zipcar after you. Stinky seafood zipcar.
Step 3. Wash crabs. Don't use a dish drying rack. This seemed like a really good idea at the time.
It was all fun and games till someone lost a claw.
Step 4: Prepare a nice warm bath for your new friends. Boil water and add a mix of the following: Old Bay Seasoning, Cayenne, Salt, Onion (cut in half). Don't skimp. The broth should taste excessively salty/spicy.
Step 5: Send your victims to a watery death. Liz "The Crab Whisperer" Wagoner suggests using tongs. Cover and Boil for 10 minutes. Turn off heat and leave in pot for another 10 minutes.
Step 6: Remove from broth and arrange on a platter!
Step 7: Anxiously await your guests arrival. Try. Not. To. Eat.
Step 9: Rejoice when friends arrive. Dig into the fruits of your labor.
dont forget the regular onion and parsley!
ReplyDeletethis was the best day of my life. you decide if im exaggerating.
This made me laugh out loud many, many times.
ReplyDeleteEspecially when I remember Todd eating the two inedible parts of the crab.