Food/Cooking

[EeePee]

I look up and down each page like three or four times every new post.

Yeah, thanks for sharing.

[GySgt Hartman]

Wild Coho Salmon tonight, damn!

[XSRCdesign]

Remembered I haven't had these in a while

[big78ford]

State fair in Montana, had this

Smoked turkey leg and deep fried jalapenos

Then went to Theory of a Deadman concert

[scale4x4]

^^ I have a feeling im going to see your post in the "foods you wish you hadn't eaten" thread...

[big78ford]

Originally Posted by scale4x4

^^ I have a feeling im going to see your post in the "foods you wish you hadn't eaten" thread...

Not at all, those things were like candy, even the ones that left my tongue and lips burning. Also during the week I had a "Viking" (deep fried meatball), Pork wings, cheese curds, deep fried cheesecake and deep fried Oreo. Probably the worst I've eaten in a year and a half, I've lost 100 pounds since Feb 2011.

Time to get back on the diet!!!!!

[Red Rockcrawler]

Tri-Tip Roast, Bake Potatoes and a ear of Corn for me.

[EeePee]

Someone cook something! I bought so much prepared foods I haven't had to cook for a week.

Get a bag of salad, find prepared buffalo chicken tenders, add Wishbone's new Buffalo Ranch dressing, and you're done.

Find a good deal on fried chicken, like 8 pieces for $5.99 and get a free 1.5 liter Mountain Dew, done.

Food truck half off smoked brisket sandwiches, buy two, and you're done.

Been a good week.

[BigSki]

I got some live crabs for steaming today, so I tried to take a pic at each step of the process.

prepping- I use a steaming pot, the bottom section is where the water goes for the steam, I used an inexpensive beer for flavor, it's a traditional way of doing it. A "pinch" of seafood seasoning is added to the liquid.




The upper section is put over the bottom (duh), then the crabs are loaded into it. I opened the bag of crabs in the sink, every once in a while you wil get one that tries to escape, so if he gets out of the bag, he's still stuck in the sink.




1 in the pot, 12 more to go. You hit them with more seasoning, they calm down instantly.


Lid on, fire going at full blast. I just watch to see the color of the shells change from blue to bright red, it's usually around 20 minutes.



Brown craft paper is a traditional table covering, once you finish eating you can roll up the whole mess and toss it into the trash can ( or compost pile if so inclined, the shells make great compost)
Some folks will steam corn on the cob, small 'taters and onions with their crabs, I just like some fresh sliced tomatoes to dip into the seasoning.


See all of that juice in the shell, it's good for slurping! Once you get the shell off and break off the legs, I split the shell down the middle and start digging out the meat. It's a great treat but it's a lot of work, so I'll only have them a few times during the summer and fall.

[Hunter711]

Sorry EeePee, camera set on way-to-slow shutter speed.
Take my word for it, really good.

[EeePee]

Holy crabs!

Cool corn plates, Hunter. I remember from my childhood that my Grandma had something like those, curved and holds the melted butter good at the bottom. Little spin and it's all buttered up again.

I'm working with buy one get one family packs of boneless pork chops.

[Hunter711]

[QUOTE=EeePee;3870560]Holy crabs!

Cool corn plates, Hunter. I remember from my childhood that my Grandma had something like those, curved and holds the melted butter good at the bottom. Little spin and it's all buttered up again.

Like mopping up gravy with a biscuit.

[BigSki]

[QUOTE=Hunter711;3870596]

Originally Posted by EeePee

Holy crabs!

Cool corn plates, Hunter. I remember from my childhood that my Grandma had something like those, curved and holds the melted butter good at the bottom. Little spin and it's all buttered up again.

Like mopping up gravy with a biscuit.

you need those little plastic corn cobs with the prongs on them to jam into the ends of the corn for "proper" etiquette. My grandparents would go ape-sh*t if I just grabbed the corn with my hands.

[EeePee]

Learn to quote.

Originally Posted by BigSki

you need those little plastic corn cobs with the prongs on them to jam into the ends of the corn for "proper" etiquette.

Had em, also.

[BigSki]

Originally Posted by EeePee

Learn to quote.



Had em, also.

I just copied his mess.

[Hunter711]

Damn, I'm tryin here!

[Hunter711]

Is there a tutorial in the noob section? .

[BigSki]

Duuuuuuddddee will show you the way.

[Hunter711]

Oh crap. Do I have to?
Well he's definitely good at it!

[Hunter711]

He wasn't to rough on me.

Originally Posted by BigSki

Duuuuuuddddee will show you the way.