NationStates Jolt Archive


I got crabs...

Katganistan
01-06-2008, 23:50
:D Soft-shelled ones, you pervs!

I'd never made them before, but I know there's a very short time in which you can get them, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Virtually every recipe I read called for them to be battered and fried, which I thought was a good way to hide the flavor of the critters... so, no.

What I ended up doing was chopping up some bell pepper, mixing radish honey, coconut water, extra virgin olive oil, about 1/8th cup lemon juice, salt and pepper, and marinating the crabs for an hour on each side...

then I grilled the suckers and the peppers and put them on a bed of mixed greens.

All I can say is, wow, that came out a HELL of a lot better than I ever imagined! I want more....

*pout*
Chumblywumbly
01-06-2008, 23:52
*subtly moves away from Kat*
Wanderjar
01-06-2008, 23:53
http://www.animalport.com/img/Blue-Crabs.jpg

:confused:
Katganistan
01-06-2008, 23:57
http://www.animalport.com/img/Blue-Crabs.jpg

:confused:

Yup.

Though when I was done with them there was considerably more brown where I roasted the soft shell, and bits of red and yellow pepper clinging to it. Delicious.
Sarkhaan
01-06-2008, 23:59
You should try them tempura style...this is good because it is fried, which is a great way to cook the crabs, but is a very light taste, so you get the nice crab flavor.
Call to power
02-06-2008, 00:07
http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/9310/crabmb3.jpg

what you need to do is get this spray from the doctor and stay indoors for a few days...
Ifreann
02-06-2008, 00:09
http://www.calvintang.com/albums/Malaysia/lg/coconut%20crab%20scampering4s.jpg
In Soviet Russia, crab eat you!
Gauthier
02-06-2008, 00:12
http://www.calvintang.com/albums/Malaysia/lg/coconut%20crab%20scampering4s.jpg
In Soviet Russia, crab eat you!

Especially near Chernobyl.

But seriously, coconut crabs can get bigger than that:

http://www.allthepages.org/images/blog/coconut_crab.jpg
Call to power
02-06-2008, 00:13
SNIP

tha...that looks like my attic which is right above where I sleep :eek:
Ifreann
02-06-2008, 00:16
tha...that looks like my attic which is right above where I sleep :eek:

I hope you sleep with a shotgun, or a sledgehammer.
Gauthier
02-06-2008, 00:18
I hope you sleep with a shotgun, or a sledgehammer.

And don't use coconut oil!
Call to power
02-06-2008, 00:18
I hope you sleep with a shotgun, or a sledgehammer.

do you think it has a weakness for rolled up newspaper?
Wanderjar
02-06-2008, 00:18
I hope you sleep with a shotgun, or a sledgehammer.

I'm safe, I sleep with an RPD light machine gun....no I mean I SLEEP with it. Shes my baby...
South Lizasauria
02-06-2008, 00:23
Especially near Chernobyl.

But seriously, coconut crabs can get bigger than that:

http://www.allthepages.org/images/blog/coconut_crab.jpg

:eek: BROODLINGS! :eek:
Ruby City
02-06-2008, 00:27
I'm safe, I sleep with an RPD light machine gun....no I mean I SLEEP with it. Shes my baby...
Just don't touch the trigger while doing it, and don't admit your caliber is no more than 7.62mm. :p

Sounds jummy, no not your sleeping habits, the crabs, I mean the crabs the topic is about.
greed and death
02-06-2008, 00:40
these are the new masters of the world
http://sparklette.net/archives/261/crab.jpg
New Manvir
02-06-2008, 00:47
I'm safe, I sleep with an RPD light machine gun....no I mean I SLEEP with it. Shes my baby...

careful, you might get crabs. Light Machine guns are notorious sluts.
Yootopia
02-06-2008, 01:32
:D Soft-shelled ones, you pervs!
Yeah, I got those once.

My advice : Use double the amount of lotion *nods*
1010102
02-06-2008, 01:41
these are the new masters of the world
http://sparklette.net/archives/261/crab.jpg

Bigger, yes but not as heavy or strong.
Chernobyl-Pripyat
02-06-2008, 01:41
http://www.calvintang.com/albums/Malaysia/lg/coconut%20crab%20scampering4s.jpg
In Soviet Russia, crab eat you!

http://jj.am/gallery/d/44479-1/You_heard_me_crab_cig.jpg
Intestinal fluids
02-06-2008, 01:49
I hope you sleep with a shotgun, or a sledgehammer.

What are you crazy? Id come armed with a shell cracker, long fork and a cup of lightly drawn butter.
Wrathful ArchAngles
02-06-2008, 03:19
:D Soft-shelled ones, you pervs!

I'd never made them before, but I know there's a very short time in which you can get them, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Virtually every recipe I read called for them to be battered and fried, which I thought was a good way to hide the flavor of the critters... so, no.

What I ended up doing was chopping up some bell pepper, mixing radish honey, coconut water, extra virgin olive oil, about 1/8th cup lemon juice, salt and pepper, and marinating the crabs for an hour on each side...

then I grilled the suckers and the peppers and put them on a bed of mixed greens.

All I can say is, wow, that came out a HELL of a lot better than I ever imagined! I want more....

*pout*

Damn! That's too bad! I was going to congratulate you... STD's lead to white river rafting, hiking, horse riding, frolics through beautiful flower filled fields...!!!
Gun Manufacturers
02-06-2008, 03:57
:D Soft-shelled ones, you pervs!

I'd never made them before, but I know there's a very short time in which you can get them, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Virtually every recipe I read called for them to be battered and fried, which I thought was a good way to hide the flavor of the critters... so, no.

What I ended up doing was chopping up some bell pepper, mixing radish honey, coconut water, extra virgin olive oil, about 1/8th cup lemon juice, salt and pepper, and marinating the crabs for an hour on each side...

then I grilled the suckers and the peppers and put them on a bed of mixed greens.

All I can say is, wow, that came out a HELL of a lot better than I ever imagined! I want more....

*pout*

I wouldn't mind getting some of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralithodes_camtschaticus

But I don't think my apartment's big enough for the fish tank needed to hold them. :(
Bann-ed
02-06-2008, 04:03
I wouldn't mind getting some of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralithodes_camtschaticus
But I don't think my apartment's big enough for the fish tank needed to hold them. :(

You are talking about the crab, right?
Smunkeeville
02-06-2008, 05:13
:D Soft-shelled ones, you pervs!

I'd never made them before, but I know there's a very short time in which you can get them, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

Virtually every recipe I read called for them to be battered and fried, which I thought was a good way to hide the flavor of the critters... so, no.

What I ended up doing was chopping up some bell pepper, mixing radish honey, coconut water, extra virgin olive oil, about 1/8th cup lemon juice, salt and pepper, and marinating the crabs for an hour on each side...

then I grilled the suckers and the peppers and put them on a bed of mixed greens.

All I can say is, wow, that came out a HELL of a lot better than I ever imagined! I want more....

*pout*

NSG. It's not your blog.
Katganistan
02-06-2008, 05:38
I wouldn't mind getting some of these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralithodes_camtschaticus

But I don't think my apartment's big enough for the fish tank needed to hold them. :(

Mmmmmmmm

I'll melt the butter....

NSG. It's not your blog.

Love ya, Smunk, but there's something rattling around the back of my mind about a pot and a kettle?
Sarkhaan
02-06-2008, 05:43
Love ya, Smunk, but there's something rattling around the back of my mind about a pot and a kettle?

Use the pot to boil the crabs, and the kettle to melt the butter?


what? I'm just going for the thread topic!
Katganistan
02-06-2008, 05:50
Use the pot to boil the crabs, and the kettle to melt the butter?


what? I'm just going for the thread topic!

What? How dare you keep on topic!

:sniper::sniper::sniper:

When Mods Get Tired
Sarkhaan
02-06-2008, 05:58
What? How dare you keep on topic!

:sniper::sniper::sniper:

When Mods Get Tired

That may just come to fill in my sig...
Smunkeeville
02-06-2008, 15:06
Love ya, Smunk, but there's something rattling around the back of my mind about a pot and a kettle?
Ah, but all of my threads have discussion points. Every single one of them has at least one question if not 3 or 4. People not answering them, even though I usually put them in bold is beyond my control. Also, as mods have said before "he did it too!" isn't an excuse.
Besides, if all of my threads are spam and blog posts, why aren't they moved to spam?
Dinaverg
02-06-2008, 18:55
Ah, but all of my threads have discussion points. Every single one of them has at least one question if not 3 or 4. People not answering them, even though I usually put them in bold is beyond my control. Also, as mods have said before "he did it too!" isn't an excuse.
Besides, if all of my threads are spam and blog posts, why aren't they moved to spam?

Because you've over 20,000 posts and it would've just been to much effort to do something about all the spam you make? *nod*