[Sca-cooks] period crab recipes

[SilverR0se at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/2006 6:51:59 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
ekoogler1 at comcast.net writes:


> The shells are very, very soft...almost like part of the meat.  So yes, 
> you eat them, shells and all.  In fact, they are often served on a bun, 
> so you see these little legs poking out of the sides of the bun!  A 
> Chinese restaurant near here serves them stir fried with scallions and 
> ginger...yummmmmmmmm

I had a soft-shell crab sushi handroll once - it was a bit like eating 
Sebastian (of "Little Mermaid" fame) but tasty none-the-less. The crab was tempura'd 
before being put in the roll.

Renata