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Friday Feast
Posted by Viewfinder (Bradenton, FL, United States) on 7 August 2007 in Food & Cuisine and Portfolio.
Ok, we interrupt the previously scheduled Panhandle Days series today to introduce you to a feast of Cajun fried soft-shell crabs. These are blue crabs prepared at their best. Had these last Friday night at a wonderful cafe on the bayou, in Pinellas Park, FL (metro Tampa). Side dish of French bread, "dirty rice" and remoulade sauce for the crabs. Plus bread pudding with whiskey sauce for dessert. Louisiana cuisine in Florida, at its finest.
For those who do not know, when blue crabs grow, they molt their old shell; beneath the molt is a new, soft shell that will quickly harden into their new size. Before the hardening happens, it is time to harvest that crab, clean out the gills and mouth/eye parts, pop it into batter, and fry away. Then you eat the whole thing, soft shell and all.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL AT AM3. I am out and probably away from the computer all this week. We are headed to north Georgia to spend Thanksgiving with our son and his wife and her family. I hope everyone who celebrates this holiday has a wonderful day, filled with turkey and gratitude for every blessing. And those who do not, I hope will remember to count their blessings and be thankful. Packing and getting the SUV all set for the drive today; we leave very early Tuesday morning and plan to return sometime Sunday.
Nikon D50
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48 mm (35mm equiv.)