Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:

I made this at lunchtime and am just now starting to nibble on it. It's
pretty damned tasty. I don't know where this recipe came from but it's on
a computer print out recipe card. I suspect it came from one of the recipe
sites. My modifications are to the side.

Snappy Seafood Spread

4 ounces of light cream cheese (I used 4 oz. of regular)
1/2 cup of light mayonnaise (I used Hellman's regular mayo)
2 tablespoons of finely chopped red onion
1 tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1/4 teaspoon garlic pepper (I just used powdered garlic powder)
1/4 pound shredded imitation crab, OR 1 cup chopped salmon, shrimp,
or other seafood. (I used Wakefield's frozen crab... the real thing)

NOTE: I also added a couple of shakes of crushed red pepper and a couple or
three drops of hot sauce which the original recipe did not call for.

In medium bowl with electric mixer beat cream cheese, mayo, onion, parsley,
horseradis, garlic pepper, and any additions you added to the recipe, until
well combined. Fold in seafood. Cover and refrigerate at least one hour
before serving. Serve with veggie dippers and crackers (I'm smearing it on
plain Melba rounds).

Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

Well, of course it was good, you replaced all the imitation and "lite"
items in the recipe with the proper "real" items.

Pete C.

Michael \"Dog3\" Lonergan wrote:

"Pete C." hitched up their panties and posted
:


Well, of course it was good, you replaced all the imitation and "lite"
items in the recipe with the proper "real" items.

Pete C.

I've never tried the lite mayo. The lite or "free" cream cheese is okay in
some recipes but I refuse to eat lite mayo. I'm not real big on the
imitation crab. I *think* is whitefish with stuff added to it. I'm sure
the imitation crab is just fine in the recipe as would the other seafood
mentioned. I just like the real thing

Michael

--
"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she
served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been
found."

--Calvin Trillin

The imitation crab (and other similar products) are mostly Pollack I
think. Certainly nothing wrong with them for the generic seafood salad
stuff, but not a good thing for dips and spreads.

One program I saw, probably on Discovery or History chan. seemed to
indicate that many of these products were actually processed on the boat
that was catching the fish which is pretty impressive. They also did
filleting and flash freezing on board.

Pete C.