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Default What is Old Bay Seasoning

On 24/03/2013 6:56 PM, wrote:
> On Mar 24, 5:00 pm, Dave Smith > wrote:
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>> On 24/03/2013 4:53 PM, Susan wrote:
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>>> On 3/24/2013 2:08 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

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>>>> I have never seen it. AFAIK, it's for boiling crabs. I don't remember
>>>> ever seeing fresh crab for sale, so there would not be much point.

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>>> Nope, it's a mix of pretty all purpose herbs and spices, says for meat
>>> and poultry on the tin.

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>> Wouldn't know. I have never seen it in any stores here.
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> I used it last year in a recipe from Reynold's wrap for spicy shrimp.
> It was verrrry good and everybody raved about the results. It was
> used as a marinade before grilling the shrimp.
>





I will keep an eye out for it... but I don't expect to see it. When I
grill shrimp I use a tried and true marinade... olive oil, lemon or
lime juice, lots of crushed garlic, salt and pepper, Whatsthishere
sauce, parsley and hot sauce.