When king crab goes on sale here in LV, I get a few pounds and remove
the meat when I get home. I've found that if you vacuum seal the meat
and immediately freeze it, you'd never know it was frozen. The long
pieces from the bigger sections make wonderful "garnishes" for dishes
and the smaller chunks are great mixed in with red beans and rice,
gumbos and potato (crab) soup.

Incidentally, I've noticed both at Albertson's and Sam's Club that you
can now purchase bags of mixed seafood for use in gumbos or mixed in
with red beans and rice. The combination of sea critters is different,
but might include crab, shrimp, octopus, bay or sea scallops, squid,
clams, mussels and (Sam's Club) fake crab.

If you're in a hurry and want to whip something up that's darned
impressive, cook up a couple boxes of Zataran's Red Beans and Rice
according to the box directions. Then, about 10 minutes before it's
done, toss in a pound or so of mixed seafood. I typically use bay
scallops, medium peeled shrimp and crab, using one of my big King crab
leg pieces as a garnish on top of individual servings. I also tossed in
some Andoullie-type sausage once, but didn't care for the flavor
combination.

Nonny

wrote:
> On 22-Jan-2007, "Tutall" > wrote:
>
>> wrote:
>>> On 22-Jan-2007, "No Spam Please" >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> or have I just managed to filter out all the NetKop
>>>> crap?
>>> I'm still here. Who are you?
>>>
>> Heheh, a lacsidaisical lonely lurker?
>
> I just can't imagine why folks aren't waiting in line to
> reply
> to . I suspect he's probably right
> about filtering out the NetKops. Some people actually
> expect others to act within the guidelines of newsgroup
> etiquette. This newsgroup was founded on a love of
> barbecue and the interaction of its devotees. It's too bad
> that some feel that the entire internet should be a free
> fire
> zone.
>
> ob. For some unknown reason the price of king crab has
> plummeted here to a low this week of US$6.99/lb. I know
> that Kilikini has an ongoing jones for it, so I picked up a
> few pounds and after splitting with her, I tried some
> myself.
> I'm not sure it's as good as I thought, so I went back today
> and bought six more pounds just to be sure. Kili was kind
> enough to guide me with matching side dishes, so I put up
> lunch today with King Crab with garlic butter sauce,
> Broccolli
> with cheddar cheese sauce and oven roasted potatoes tossed
> in butter and parsley. So it wasn't barbecue. So I'm busted.
> Tomorrow, I'll serve smoked rib roast with horseradish
> sauce,
> more of the roasted potatoes and buttered greenbeans with
> toasted slivered almonds. If SWMABO holds her mouth right
> I'll dash out to the Italian store and score a crusty
> baguette
> to round it all out.
>
> Picture of the crab plate on ABF. (Where it belongs for a
> change)

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