Crabs and Other Seafood from The Northeast
Though we are from New York, while living in the Northeast we prefer seafood but in Maine we had to live up with crab cakes. It was wonderful! You haven’t tasted crab cakes until you get it from the source. Maine was in our thoughts when we got back home and we miss the crab cakes.
So, we decided to look up a crab recipe online. Now, that was hard. Most of the recipes were difficult and told us to buy a certain type of crab meat which was really expensive. I think we’ll have to go back to Maine soon. Whether you are looking to serve crab cakes at your next dinner party or informal get-together, you can find many different crabcake recipes online. go to the search engine which you know and enter Crab Cake Recipe in the text field and you can choose the website from listing which you want to try.
Keep in mind that crab cakes are usually served as appetizers, but they do quite well as an informal entre, or as part of a larger dish. The tasty cakes make a delightful appetizer as long as they are served with a variety of flavorful sauces or dips. There again, you can search for suitable recipes online. Perhaps you want to try something a little spicy, like a red pepper sauce.
If you don’t want to go by our receipes, you could use the old red mix and hearty tartar sauces. Crab soup: Ingredients 1/2 kg crab meat, cooked and flaked, cartilage removed 1-1/2 cup chicken stock 2 cups water 2-1/2 cups tomatoes, chopped 3/4 cup chopped celery 3/4 cup onion (chopped fine) 1 cup corn kernels 1 cup peas For Seasonings: 1 teaspoon seasoning (a dash paprika and celery) 1 bay leaf 1/4 tsp pepper 1 tsp lemon juice Method Put chicken stock, water, tomatoes, celery, onion, and seasonings in a vessel, and bring to a boil. Simmer for about 20-30 minutes. Add corn and peas. When cooking,simmer the meal until the corn is cooked and then heat the added crab meat until that is heated through. Remove bay leaf. Serve hot.