BEST EVER CRAB SHACK OLD BAY BAKE EATING EXPERIENCE EVER

THE BEST EVER CRAB SHACK

MY VERY FIRST CRAB SHACK U.S.A, LOVED IT.  FRESH ALASKAN QUEEN CRAB, WHOLE LOBSTER, SHRIMP, CORN ON THE COB, STEAMED RED POTATOES AND ANDOUILLE SMOKED SPICY CREOLE SAUSAGE, ALL STEAMED WITH OLD BAY SEASONING.  JUST FANTASTIC SO JUICY AND THE FLAVOUR I HAVE NEVER EATEN SUCH SWEET CRAB MEAT, I LOVED THE THEATRE OF HAVING A BIB TIED AROUND MY NECK, THE CLAW CRACKERS AND THE CRAB MEAT PICKER, WHICH HAD "STOLEN FROM JOE'S CRAB SHACK" PRINTED ON IT, SO IT WOULD HAVE BEEN RUDE NOT TO!

THE MEAL IS SERVED WITH THREE POTS OF MELTED BUTTER FOR DIPPING.  THE OLD BAY SEASONING WAS SO FLAVOURSOME THAT I ACTUAL HAD TO SUCK IT FROM ALL THE SHELLS TOO, THIS WAS NOT A PRETTY EATING VENUE, BUT WHO CARES, ALL YOU COULD HEAR WAS MOANS OF SATISFACTION ON EVERY TABLE...



SNOW CRAB, SEARED SCALLOPS AND MUSSELS IN A LIGHT KENDALL JACKSON WHITE WINE SAUCE, WITH HINTS OF GARLIC, PEPPER AND CITRUS NOTES





I WAS SO EXCITED AND LOVED THIS EATING EXPERIENCE, I CAN'T WAIT TO COOK THIS AT HOME, I HAVE BEEN ONTO THE FOOD NETWORK STORE AND FOUND THE STEAM POTS, WHICH HAVE TWO TIERS, THE TOP TIER FOR THE CRABS, WHICH STEAMS TO PERFECTION KEEPING THE DELICATE MEAT AWAY FROM THE WATER TO ENSURE SWEETNESS, NOT SOGGINESS, AND THE BOTTOM LAYER TO CATCH ALL THE JUICES, THIS LAYER ALSO HAS A TAP TO DRAIN OFF THE STOCK WHICH YOU CAN USE FOR CHOWDERS, SOUPS ETC.

OF COURSE ON THE TRIP HOME, I HAD MY SUITCASE PULLED AND INSPECTED, THIS WAS DUE TO HUNDREDS OF SPICE TUBS AND COOKING EQUIPMENT I CAN'T GET OVER HERE, I HAVE SO MUCH OLD BAY I AM STOCKED FOR YEARS!  THE HARDEST PART IS TRULY TRYING TO PROVE TO CUSTOMS THAT THIS WAS ALL FOR PERSONAL USE, I MEAN HAVE THEY NEVER COME ACROSS SOMEONE WHOSE LIFE IS WONDERFULLY OBSESSED BY COOKING, EATING AND SHARING...