[Sca-cooks] period crab recipes

[Sue Clemenger]

Were you the little brother involved? That might explain some things <weg>
--maire

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Jones" <drakey at internode.on.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] period crab recipes


> 
> > According to a couple of sources, it is common to serve
> > Blue Swimmers on  their own carapaces and I've seen no
> > references to softshell recipes from  Oz.  I suspect that
> > the local fishing regs may limit the possibility of 
> > softshell, but I haven't gone looking to verify that
> > suspicion (hey, Drakey,  what about softshell crab down
> > under), nor to I have a thorough reference on  the
> > biological cycles of Blue Swimmers (maybe they have a
> > shorter hardening  time).
> 
> Nope... Never seen softshell crabs here. I dont know if it's
> illegal to take them here - I do know we have crabbing
> seasons, bag limits, and size limits, and no crabs with roe.
>  Ceduna, a few hundred kms west of me on the Great
> Australian Bight, has a great crabbing tradition...
> 
> I've never seen them for sale in the markets or in eating
> establishments...
> 
> Aussies tend to boil the crabs and them eat em out of the
> shell, using whatever we can find to help crack them
> (Hammer, pliers, little brothers forehead (long story...)).
> 
> Drakey.
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