Comments on: A Crab-Like Mentality…

By: nina

nina — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:04:49 +0000

I also love steamed seafood with vinegar or sometimes vinegar and garlic. yum….

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:49:37 +0000

@Vicky, your right, I just gave it a name Peking style, it must be Cantonese style of cooking. Sad to hear what happened with you and the lobster. Instead of the black bean I substituted the ground pork since my daughters are so picky. I also put the egg at the last minute. Some last minute stuff, is the secret to some dishes: kare kare – it’s the dash of fried garlic, for palabok it’s also the beaten egg.

MM, maybe write a recipe about the soup we make from either turkey or ham leftovers. I usually cook either macaroni or shell pasta soup, sometimes adding creme to the stock. This is good comfort food during family gatherings. Specially with the cold weather.

By: Vicky Go

Vicky Go — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:15:33 +0000

@ Ariel: I thought the recipe you quoted is more like “Lobster Cantonese” – or maybe not. Lobster Cantonese (which calls for cut-up “uncooked” lobster) calls for garlic, ginger, black bean sauce & ground pork, plus egg stirred in (not beaten at all) at the end & garnished w scallions + a smidgen of sesame oil added off the heat. This would work well w crabs or prawns too. Taught to me by a Cantonese co-worker.
The first time I tried this, I gashed my thumb trying to cut up the live lobster w a cleaver. Had to rush to Emergency section of a hospital. Dr didn’t think stitches were needed because it was a “clean cut” (cleaver was very sharp) – just bound up tight w a Band-Aid + a booster shot of anti-tetanus. We got home a couple of hours later & I just went back & finished the dish!
Verdict: Delicious!

By: Ariel

Ariel — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:32:29 +0000

Sarap, I cook the meanest Dungeness Crab, Peking Style. With scallion, ginger, garlic, oyster/hoisin sauce and some ground pork. That’s a good idea, just like the crab houses in Maryland (remember the movie Jerry Macquire (Show me the money)). In VA, when I worked at least once a week I went to a crab house, got all the frustrations from work out of me when hammering those large size blue crabs with a mallet. In Shanghai, they also have some crab houses.

By: sha

sha — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 00:16:39 +0000

there is seafood restaurant in Greece that uses the fish monger papers for table cloth.

Anyway will I make your first reader from Falmouth Harbour Antigua?

Hello from the Caribbean.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:35:54 +0000

Love it! In my house, the newspaper page would be the comics section. :-)

By: Mom-Friday

Mom-Friday — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:22:02 +0000

been a while since I blog-hopped MM, and you just posted my top favorite dishes – anything crabs and pan-seared beef!!! :) nice touch on the newspapers

By: kroozer

kroozer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:40:45 +0000

Hi MM! Where did you get the wagyu? Thanks in advance :)

By: Connie C

Connie C — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:00:14 +0000

Off topic MM, but I thought you or your readers might enjoy this butternut squash recipe, a low calorie holiday eating:
https://www.whiteonricecouple.com/recipes/butternut-squash-recipe/#more-9993

By: Hershey

Hershey — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:20:43 +0000

I think I should do that at home, it is pretty practical and helps people read the news paper also lolz!