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| My first crab - you're a goner pal |
Hubs and I had our first crab experience yesterday. Actually, I had my first crab experience and Ivan just had some crabs. He said he'd never had a crab before but when he saw the crabs he said that he had had them before and that they were not called "cangrejos", they were called some other word I have never heard of...and I can't remember.
[An aside: I am constantly finding out that Honduras has words for foods that are different than any other country. Another example? In Honduras the word for starfruit is albaricoque, which is actually the world for apricot if you look it up in the dictionary (or ask any other Spanish speaker). Most people will say starfruit in Spanish is carabola. However, Hondurans have never heard of the world carabola and insist that albaricoque is the correct word. Yes, so you see how confusing my Spanish brain is!!!]
Anyway, we headed over to our friends how to celebrate a birthday will a few bushels of crabs. And boy were they yummy. Kind of. It's obvious I was not born and raised in Maryland because a true Marylander LOVES crabs with all their heart and looks forward to them every year. There are so many crab shacks and Old Bay seasoning around here it's crazy. I had avoided the whole crab thing for so long because the idea of cracking open a crustacean and scooping its guts out and digging its lungs out and then eating it did not sound appatizing.
However, after eating things like beef tongue and other odd foods in Honduras, I figured I could totally handle a crab. And I could.
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| I will eat you Mr. Crab. |
As you can tell, dead sea creatures do not frighten me. Hubs and I had a blast pounding away at crabs and shoveling crab meet into our mouths. I used a mallet and knife while Ivan used his teeth. Seriously, to see him eat chicken and sea food it is very reminiscent of Madison (the mermaid) in Splash eating a lobster (if you watch the video below, the scene is in minute 5:36).
I made some yummy pina colada cupcakes that went over well. And I even decorated them with little golf characters that I had found at the grocery store for $1. They were decorations that the bakery uses but they must have over-ordered or something because they had a basket full of them. I also snagged a Harry Potter package too. Can't wait to use that!
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| Pile of crab guts... |
And here was trash pile after I finished. I was quite proud of myself. I finally learned how to eat crabs and enjoy them. I was a dirty mess afterwords though and my hands smelled like crabs all night!
Good times with good people!
Have you had crabs before? Do you like them? Did this post gross you out????
