Ezra and I had our first exposure to real crab last night, and loved it! At around 6 pm yesterday, after we had eaten our dinner of chicken enchiladas (a new recipe--it wasn't very tasty, so if you have a good one, please send it to me!) our landlord invited us up for some steamed crab! Ezra has a slight allergy to shellfish, but since he'd never tried crab, he decided to give it a whirl. We loved it! The meat was sweet, juicy, and tender, and we dipped it in a lemon-salt-pepper mixture, which I thought was much too strong for the crab, but used it anyway. I would love to try this at a huge family party sometime, as it is very conducive to conversation. For those of you readers with an aversion to fish, you should really try crab because it doesn't have a fishy taste at all. At least, not blue crabs.
I'm thinking that I might try to make crab on my own next time. I've been told about a very fresh seafood market somewhere downtown...perhaps it's near the L'enfant Plaza metro stop? If any of you know where it is, let me know!
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There is a place called The Warf which is in south east DC right on Maine Ave. I have not been there, but my co-workers talk about how they get their fish and seafood there for parties and BBQ's. We should plan a trip together sometime.
you know, talking and eating and Brandon & Denette and Thwarthwimple and Shannon and crabs is a pretty good idea.
The only new part about that would be the crabs...
What's going on? No posts for two weeks? That blue crab is starting to give me the creeps every time I check this blog :)
Maybe I'll put a recipe for octopus up next...or cow tongue. That would also give readers the creeps, I bet.
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