Last night, my sister in law Laurie, and my two nieces, Chelsie (16) and Julie (9) took me out to dinner to celebrate my birthday on Saturday. We went to our local crab house for steamed blue crabs. Yum! One of our favorites. For those who aren't familiar, they are highly spiced and we just sit around and pick the meat out of the crabs. Here are a couple of pics -- they're from the summer but you get the idea. Blue crabs turn orange when they're steamed. The "stuff" on them is the crab seasoning. Steamed blue crabs ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden ) Here is a close up of the picking. What a treat, what a treat. Back fin -- the best part ( photo / image / picture from daisybeans's Garden ) I grew up catching, cooking and eating lots of crabs. When I was a kid, we only ate local crab so that limited the crab season to the summer. Once September arrived, the crabs went under the mud for the winter. Nowadays, the crab house ships blue crabs up from Louisiana so they're available all year. I guess tradition prevails -- I generally don't have a big taste for crab in the winter time. But they were a good treat last night! And good company too -- my nieces are a hoot.
So glad you enjoyed your Blue crabs and your nieces company so much Daisy. It's lovely to have a special meal out every now and again isn't it? :-D
Yummy! Crab is such lovely food. I actually prefer that to lobster when eaten au naturel. Our crabs are red, both before and after cooking. Our lobsters are blue before cooking and red afterwards. I suddenly got an urge to eat crab now.
What a delicious posting, Daisy. You guys had a very good time--that's easy to see. So lets's see now-- your birthday. Hmmmmmm. That makes you about.....uhhhh.... 29, right?
I'm not a seafood fan at all so I can't share your excitement about the crab. BUT...a great time with your nieces is special for sure
I miss good crab cakes from when I was stationed in Virginia Beach. At first I thought you were talking about guests you were having to dinner!
Well Happy Early Birthday Daisybeans. Glad you had a good time with your nieces and the crabs. I'm not a big seafood lover either, I do like properly prepared fried Catfish and Scallops tho.
Happy Birthday Sista!!! I have never had your blue crabs but would love to try them!!! This is how lucky I am...my husband doesn't like crab but he will crack it and clean it for me to eat Oh yeah, he's a keeper
A very happy birthday to you on Sat. That's a great way to celebrate it - that is exactly what I would want for my b/d dinner too! Only I love King Crab, pass the butter and get outta my way!! I do remember the blue crabs and the Old Bay seasoning from our visit to Baltimore about 10 years ago - very very good.
A very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to YOU. glad to hear you enjoyed your dinner. I'd let you eat enough for both of us since I'm not big on lobster nor crab. But having dinner with family, now thats what I like doing.
DB, that sounds so good. I love seafood, especially crab. That was so sweet of them to take you out for your birthday. And I know the time spent with them was wonderful. Happy Birthday!!
Thank you, thank you. It was a lovely time. My nieces are good girls, even if you don't like seafood. As a matter of course, we all love crab so we ate 2 dozen. At this place where we went (one of my favorite places), they have long wooden picnic style table that you cover with brown paper off a big roll and everyone sits together, whether you know them or not. It's very social. Capt Kirk, I lived in Norfolk VA for 5 years, I went to EVMS -- I miss that VAB so much. Nice hubby Deanna! It's a sign of affection for sure. I give away my back fin (second photo) to the people I love! King crab is a good stand in for the winter -- or how about dungeoness claws, yum!!! Droopy, did you get some crab? And Sjoerd.... let's just say it's the 20th anniversary of my 29th birthday. Thank you all for the well wishes.
You're not late, Glenda. It's not until Saturday actually. I was cheating last night! I'm going to cheat some more tomorrow night (Friday)at dinner with friends. Then Saturday my guy and I are going to Longwood Gardens in Brandywine area of PA. All my favorite things! Thank you so much for the good wishes...
