Crab & Corn Chowder

"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting to
be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
yesterday.

It is absolutely awesome! What took the most work was picking the crab,
but
after 5 or 6 hours, I finally had enough for the soup. :~)

Yikes. I hope you're exaggerating a bit. What kind of crabs did you use,
and how many? I have never made crab soup before; I'm pretty sure that if I
bought a bunch of crabs to pick for soup, we'd end up eating most of the
meat before it got into the soup. Kind of an autopilot thing.

Kudos to your for making it at home -- it sounds wonderful. And happy
anniversary to you two!

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"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting

to

Quoted message said:

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be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
yesterday.

It is absolutely awesome! What took the most work was picking the crab,
but
after 5 or 6 hours, I finally had enough for the soup. :~)

Yikes. I hope you're exaggerating a bit. What kind of crabs did you use,
and how many? I have never made crab soup before; I'm pretty sure that if

I

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bought a bunch of crabs to pick for soup, we'd end up eating most of the
meat before it got into the soup. Kind of an autopilot thing.

Kudos to your for making it at home -- it sounds wonderful. And happy
anniversary to you two!

Thank you, Chris! I used snow crab because we got it for a steal at Winn
Dixie. I needed 3 cups of crab - it took me about 5 pounds, shell on, to
get it. I don't have any tools for the job, either, so I had to use a
toothpick to dig the crab out. The soup is outstanding, though. It's so
worth it.

kili

kilikini said:

My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting to
be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
yesterday.

Recipe please 🙂

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It is absolutely awesome! What took the most work was picking the crab, but
after 5 or 6 hours, I finally had enough for the soup. :~)

Of course my husband and me had to sample it, you know, just to be sure it
was good, and it is outstanding. I think it's a little like
childbirth.......after one taste of the soup you forget all about how long
and miserable it was just picking the crab. LOL

You've never had kids have your? Those labour pains come back in the
form of the terrible two and teenage years!

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kili

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kilikini said:

My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
yesterday.

Recipe please 🙂

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You've never had kids have you? Those labour pains come back in the
form of the terrible two and teenage years!

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Nope, was never fortunate - or unfortunate <g> - to have kids. Now I'm just
old and have a 19 year old step-son who lives 15 hours away. It blows me
away to think that I'm the evil stepmother! In all serious, Darryl seems to
be a good kid; I've met him once before.

Oh, but I digress.......did someone ask for the recipe?

kili
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Jack Daniels Crab & Corn Chowder

Recipe By : SeaGalley
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Condiments Beans/Legumes
Seafood Soups
Hot Potatoes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 1/2 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup celery
1/2 cup onion
3 tablespoons butter
1 cup red potatoes -- diced
2/3 cup fresh corn
1/2 tablespoon crab base -- OR
1 chicken boullion cube
1 1/2 cups water
1 cup cream
3/4 cup Dungeness crab meat
1 pinch thyme
1 pinch salt
1 pinch black pepper
1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
2 tablespoons Jack Daniels Whiskey

Precook potatoes, drain, cut and set aside. Sweat onions, celery and corn
with butter, add flour and thyme and cook 5 - 10 minutes. Add water and
crab
base, Old Bay Seasoning, parsley and 1/2 cup of the crab meat. Add heavy
cream and bring to 180 degrees. Add potatoes and salt and pepper to taste.
Add Jack Daniels and remainder of crab meat just before serving.

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NOTES : Serves 4. (Bite of Seattle, 1995, Duke's Chowder House

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kilikini wrote:

>My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting

to

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>be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
>yesterday.

Recipe please 🙂

You've never had kids have you? Those labour pains come back in the
form of the terrible two and teenage years!

Nope, was never fortunate - or unfortunate <g> - to have kids. Now I'm

just

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old and have a 19 year old step-son who lives 15 hours away. It blows

me

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away to think that I'm the evil stepmother! In all serious, Darryl

seems to

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be a good kid; I've met him once before.

Kids are sweet but that's how they get you 😉

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Oh, but I digress.......did someone ask for the recipe?

Oh thanks sweetie! Appreciate it.

Absolutely. You have to try it; it's sooooooooo worth it.

kili

kilikini said:

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kilikini said:

My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't expecting

to

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a crab & corn chowder
yesterday.

Recipe please 🙂

You've never had kids have you? Those labour pains come back in the
form of the terrible two and teenage years!

Nope, was never fortunate - or unfortunate <g> - to have kids. Now I'm just
old and have a 19 year old step-son who lives 15 hours away. It blows me
away to think that I'm the evil stepmother! In all serious, Darryl seems to
be a good kid; I've met him once before.

Kids are sweet but that's how they get you 😉

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Oh, but I digress.......did someone ask for the recipe?

Oh thanks sweetie! Appreciate it.

I know that this is a dumb question, but if a person used the imitation
crab, would it be anything like the real stuff in this chowder? I would
like to try it for my wife of 47 years, but she has diverticula's and isn't
supposed to eat corn. I wonder if I ran it through the food processor for a
long time so she could eat it, would it still have the same effect in the
soup.

I can get real crab here at the store, but before I spend that kind of
money, I would like to make sure that she could eat it.

Dwayne

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I know that this is a dumb question, but if a person used the imitation
crab, would it be anything like the real stuff in this chowder? I would
like to try it for my wife of 47 years, but she has diverticula's and

isn't

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supposed to eat corn. I wonder if I ran it through the food processor for

a

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long time so she could eat it, would it still have the same effect in the
soup.

I can get real crab here at the store, but before I spend that kind of
money, I would like to make sure that she could eat it.

Dwayne

I think the imitation crab would be too sweet in this soup. I didn't add
any salt; the crab was salty enough. I'd think you could leave out the corn
and just make it crab chowder. Why not? Like I said, we got the crab for
such a ridiculously low price that we couldn't pass it up. Normally we
don't have it in the house. It was cheaper than chicken, pork or steak, so
we bought it and figured we'd do *something* with it. This was it.
WONDERFUL soup. I can't stress that enough.

But, yeah, try it without the corn, why not? It's probably one of the best
things I have prepared in my life.

kili

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"kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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My husband's and my anniversary is Sunday, but since I wasn't
expecting to be home today, Friday, Saturday or Sunday, I made a
crab & corn chowder yesterday.

It is absolutely awesome! What took the most work was picking the
crab, but
after 5 or 6 hours, I finally had enough for the soup. :~)

Yikes. I hope you're exaggerating a bit. What kind of crabs did
you use, and how many? I have never made crab soup before; I'm
pretty sure that if I bought a bunch of crabs to pick for soup, we'd
end up eating most of the meat before it got into the soup. Kind of
an autopilot thing.

Kudos to your for making it at home -- it sounds wonderful. And
happy anniversary to you two!

Thank you, Chris! I used snow crab because we got it for a steal at
Winn Dixie. I needed 3 cups of crab - it took me about 5 pounds,
shell on, to get it. I don't have any tools for the job, either, so
I had to use a toothpick to dig the crab out. The soup is
outstanding, though. It's so worth it.

kili

She didn't think of using a *fork* to split the shells and pull the crab.
Dang, kili! Ask the woman who worked at a seafood restaurant the next time!
<G>

Jill

Jill said:

She didn't think of using a *fork* to split the shells and pull the crab.
Dang, kili! Ask the woman who worked at a seafood restaurant the next
time!

Kitchen shears work just fine, too. When Kili mentioned all the time she'd
taken to extract the crabmeat, I thought for sure that she'd gotten a mess
of blue crabs. THAT I can see taking a long time to extract. But snow crab
should have been a LOT faster.

Oh well, you'll know next time, won't you, Kili?

Bob

Jill said:

She didn't think of using a *fork* to split the shells and pull the crab.
Dang, kili! Ask the woman who worked at a seafood restaurant the next
time!

Kitchen shears work just fine, too. When Kili mentioned all the time she'd
taken to extract the crabmeat, I thought for sure that she'd gotten a mess
of blue crabs. THAT I can see taking a long time to extract. But snow crab
should have been a LOT faster.

Oh well, you'll know next time, won't you, Kili?

Bob

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Jill said:

She didn't think of using a *fork* to split the shells and pull the

crab.

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Dang, kili! Ask the woman who worked at a seafood restaurant the next
time!

Kitchen shears work just fine, too. When Kili mentioned all the time

she'd

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taken to extract the crabmeat, I thought for sure that she'd gotten a mess
of blue crabs. THAT I can see taking a long time to extract. But snow

crab

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should have been a LOT faster.

Oh well, you'll know next time, won't you, Kili?

Bob

Yes, yes, yes, people. LOL. I used to have crab forks and little
extracting tools, so I figured a toothpick and a nutcracker would do the
job. Next time I'll do it differently, I swear. Thanks for your help!

kili