I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about "She
Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but a Google
search only sent me to one site, which said the recipe could no longer
be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina Low
Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

"Myrl Jeffcoat" wrote in message
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I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about "She
Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but a Google
search only sent me to one site, which said the recipe could no longer
be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina Low
Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

Is she positive about "Devil" part of the name? I've heard of/had She Crab
Soup before, but not SDCS

An example of a decent basic recipe can be found here....
http://www.techsoup.org/community/so...uprecipeid=267

KW

Myrl Jeffcoat wrote in

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I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about
"She Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but
a Google search only sent me to one site, which said the
recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina
Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup

On Apr 13, 5:01*pm, "KW" wrote:
"Myrl Jeffcoat" wrote in message

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I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about "She
Devil Crab Soup". *I tried to locate a recipe for it, but a Google
search only sent me to one site, which said the recipe could no longer
be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? *It would be in the Carolina Low
Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

Is she positive about "Devil" part of the name? I've heard of/had She Crab
Soup before, but not SDCS

An example of a decent basic recipe can be found here....http://www.techsoup.org/community/so...uprecipeid=267

KW


The recipe certainly sounds similar to what she describes. My friend
is a "she-devil" - perhaps she was only projecting;-)

Myrl Jeffcoat

On Apr 13, 5:35*pm, sandi wrote:
Myrl Jeffcoat wrote
s.com:

I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about
"She Devil Crab Soup". *I tried to locate a recipe for it, but
a Google search only sent me to one site, which said the
recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? *It would be in the Carolina
Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup


I'm going to try making it - I'm not to keen on using the roe. Thanks
for sending the list.

Myrl

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On Apr 13, 5:35*pm, sandi wrote:
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s.com:

I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved
about "She Devil Crab Soup". *I tried to locate a recipe
for it, but a Google search only sent me to one site, which
said the recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? *It would be in the
Carolina Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup


I'm going to try making it - I'm not to keen on using the roe.
Thanks for sending the list.

Myrl

You're welcome. Let us know how the soup turns out and which
recipe you used. :-)

Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:
On Apr 13, 5:35 pm, sandi wrote:
Myrl Jeffcoat wrote

s.com:

I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about
"She Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but
a Google search only sent me to one site, which said the
recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina
Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup


I'm going to try making it - I'm not to keen on using the roe. Thanks
for sending the list.

Myrl

The roe is what makes the soup. It won't destroy it if you leave it out,
though. In fact, I'm not sure most of the restaurants in the Lowcountry
actually use it anymore. Finding she-crabs with roe is costly.

Jill

Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:
I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about "She
Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but a Google
search only sent me to one site, which said the recipe could no longer
be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina Low
Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

I posted this back in 2003. The recipe is from a Mrs. Sam Stafford of
Beaufort, SC, as published in 'Sea Island Seasons' (a Lowcountry cookbook)
around 1989.

She-Crab Soup

2 Tbs. butter
2 Tbs. flour
1 quart whole milk
2 cups she-crabmeat plus roe
Worcestershire sauce to taste
salt, to taste
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 tsp. mace
1/2 tsp. onion powder
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
1/3 c. sherry or more to taste
1 c. cream, whipped
Parsley to garnish

Melt butter in a double boiler and blend with flour until smooth. Add milk
and whisk until smooth. Add crab, roe, Worcestershire sauce (about a tsp),
salt, pepper, mace, onion & garlic powder. Cook over very low heat about 30
minutes. Add sherry. Remove from heat and blend in whipped cream just
before serving. Garnish with a little parsley. Serves 4-6

kilikini wrote:
jmcquown wrote:
Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:
On Apr 13, 5:35 pm, sandi wrote:
Myrl Jeffcoat wrote

s.com:

I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about
"She Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but
a Google search only sent me to one site, which said the
recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina
Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup


I'm going to try making it - I'm not to keen on using the roe.
Thanks for sending the list.

Myrl

The roe is what makes the soup. It won't destroy it if you leave it
out, though. In fact, I'm not sure most of the restaurants in the
Lowcountry actually use it anymore. Finding she-crabs with roe is
costly.
Jill

I would absolutely agree with you, Jill. I'm jealous that you're in
she-crab soup country right now, though. :~)

kili

LOL don't be! It's still too early for crabbing (not that I'd be doing any,
although I have in the past), much less trying to find she-crabs. Besides,
picking blue-crab meat outta the shells is more trouble than its worth!

The price at 11th Street Dockside (in Port Royal) for she-crab soup isn't
too bad, $6.95 for a bowl, and it's really tasty:

http://www.11thstreetdockside.com/menu.html

Other local eateries are charging $8+ for a bowl of it!

Jill

On Apr 13, 7:45*pm, Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:
I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about "She
Devil Crab Soup". *I tried to locate a recipe for it, but a Google
search only sent me to one site, which said the recipe could no longer
be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? *It would be in the Carolina Low
Country category.

To clarify: there is a soup called she-crab soup in the south, as
others have posted.

Devilled crab is a separate item, consisting of crabmeat that has been
removed from the shell, mixed with seasoning, and and put into a
tinfoil crabshell-shaped dish and baked. (Kinda like stuffed tinfoil-
crab.) Deveilled crab is also the stuffing used for stuffed shrimp or
stuffed flounder. Perhaps she blended the two names?

Myrl Jeffcoat wrote:

On Apr 13, 5:35 pm, sandi wrote:
Myrl Jeffcoat wrote
s.com:

I have a friend who has been to the Carolinas and raved about
"She Devil Crab Soup". I tried to locate a recipe for it, but
a Google search only sent me to one site, which said the
recipe could no longer be located.

Would any of you have the recipe? It would be in the Carolina
Low Country category.

Myrl Jeffcoat

In addition to KW's link here's a few more for She Crab Soup.
The second one got 5 stars.

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes...Term=crab+soup

I'm going to try making it - I'm not to keen on using the roe. Thanks
for sending the list.

Myrl

Instead of using the real crab roe, it's possible to substitute
'strained' egg yolks from hard boiled eggs, but don't use the
egg-whites. IOW, take the cooked egg yolk from a hard boiled egg and
push/scrape the cooked yolk through a fine strainer/sieve (or is that
seive?). That's what my family used to do when making she-crab soup.

Sky, who misses and hasn't had she-crab soup in years

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