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Posted: 03 May 2010 at 14:08 |
my youngest son's 8th birthday was last week, and he is lately into the whole spongebob squarepants thing. my wife even made a spongebob-shaped pineapple cake for him, and we served it with pineapple sherbert and pineapple pop. i myself am not a big fan of ol' spongebob, but i did find it an interesting journey into some culinary possibilities.
as part of the birthday dinner (he wanted breakfast for dinner, so we made pancakes, bacon, eggs and sausage - and yep, we put pineapple and banana in the pancakes!), i prepared appetizers of what i called "crabby patties," using john's recipe for "crabbies" that must come from the delmarva peninsula. here's what wiki has to say about that area:
i prepared the crabby patties exactly according to john's instructions, the only difference being that i did not have those wonderful-looking home-made sourdough rolls, and i used old bay seasoning (another trademark of the delmarva peninsula) rather than cajun seasoning. the rolls i did use were almost as good - i went to the bakery section of a local grocery and bought some ciabatta rolls!
during preparation, i did as suggested and made sure to drain and rinse the crabmeat thoroughly. i also topped with shredded cheddar half-way through heating undere the broiler. here i did make one fatal mistake: the only cheddar i had on hand was a very greasy and oily, inferior store-brand (IGA) of cheese that i feared would not do well under the broiler. unfortunately, i was right - instead of getting nice and toasty-brown, the cheese got oily and bubbly and hard, but i gotta admit, it still tasted good!
here's a shot of the crabby patties coming out of the oven:
and here's a picture of them cut and ready to serve:
in spite of the cheese SNAFU, they tasted great and we enjoyed them very much ~ the ciabatta rolls worked very well, both in terms of texture and flavour, and the crabby goodness was enhanced and amplified by the buttery, old english spread. they made a great spongebob-themed appetizer for supper and there were NO leftovers!
give these little devils a shot and see for yourself!
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Yum! Man those look outstanding! Great job on the crabbies and excellent idea using ciabatta bread...very well done. Loved your background on the region, excellent snapshot of a beautiful part of the country. Great post and good eatin's too!
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