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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / January 2005trollbeque
Ya'll suck... *grin* Now that it's been properly started, tonight for a destresser... I tossed large shrimp into my steamer. Underneath the basketI added a japanese plum wine and ceylon tea to the steamer for flavor. On top I added a few brussel sprouts and oh my. I feel my blood pressure dropping with each bite. *grin* If anyone has a veggie steamer, I truly recommend adding tealeaves to the bottom. It's not overly flavorful, but it does give a hint of something else there. Grace My dad raised me on beer steamed shrimp and buttered or fried potatoes. (Note: don't use Miller beer, it is too salty.) I think we have to try this one. Diane > I tossed > large shrimp into my steamer. Underneath the basketI added a japanese plum > wine and ceylon tea to the steamer for flavor. On top I added a few brussel > sprouts and oh my. > My dad raised me on beer steamed shrimp and buttered or fried potatoes. > (Note: don't use Miller beer, it is too salty.) I think we have to try > this one. > > Diane My dad does the beer-steamed shrimp thing, too. Wonder where this originated? Nowadays, my parents live in coastal NC. The shrimp there are fantabulous; we get them right from shrimpers on the dock. Every time we visit, I insist on at least one steamed-shrimp feast. The only (food-related) trouble with that area is that when you go out to eat, all of the seafood on the menu is breaded, so much so that it makes my stomach ache. Yuck!  Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* >> My dad raised me on beer steamed shrimp and buttered or fried >> potatoes. (Note: don't use Miller beer, it is too salty.) I think [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > fantabulous; we get them right from shrimpers on the dock. Every time > we visit, I insist on at least one steamed-shrimp feast. You must (if you haven't already) try Frogmore Stew. My parents live on an island off the coast of South Carolina in an area which used to be called 'Frogmore'. The somewhat snooty area residents decided that wasn't a proper name so now it's back to the old Spanish 'St. Helena'. At any rate, Frogmore Stew isn't a stew at all... it's a messy but delicious boiled seafood and vegetable concoction. Take 1 lb. link pork sausage (the original inhabitants of Frogmore use a homemade sausage), 3 lbs. new potatoes and cover with water and beer. Boil about 7 minutes. Add 1 large onion and bell pepper, 3 celery ribs (all chopped), 2 Tbs. seafood seasoning, salt and pepper. Boil 10 minutes. Add 6 fresh blue crabs, 6 ears corn on the cob, cut in half; boil 10 minutes. Add 3 lbs. fresh shrimp (raw, unpeeled). Boil 3 minutes until shrimp are pink. (Add more water and beer as needed.) Remove from heat; let stand about 5 minutes. Drain. Serve the mixture with a bucket in the center of the table for the crab and shrimp shells and corn cobs. You'll need lots of napkins :) Jill Thanks! I'll have to pass this on to my parents. Seafood here in Colorado is sketchy at best. > You must (if you haven't already) try Frogmore Stew. My parents live on an > island off the coast of South Carolina in an area which used to be called [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Thanks! I'll have to pass this on to my parents. Seafood here in > Colorado is sketchy at best. It's outrageously expensive in the Memphis, TN area but I can't help but adore it. (I baked tilapia fillets last night with spinach, breadcrumbs and shredded cheese.) When Dad was younger and we'd cast out a net and catch shrimp and we'd go crabbing. But they can still buy it right off the docks like your folks in NC do. This reminds me of Britta's 'Scaredy Cat' story. When my dog Sampson was still alive my brother Scott and I drove down to visit them. We went crabbing and had the fresh (live) blue crabs in a cooler in the garage. Sampson wasn't afraid of the cooler, but he'd never heard it make *noise* before! He was sniffing at it when suddenly there was this "clickety clickety click"! The dog just about jumped out of his skin! :) Jill >> You must (if you haven't already) try Frogmore Stew. My parents >> live on an island off the coast of South Carolina in an area which [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >> >> Jill > This reminds me of Britta's 'Scaredy Cat' story. When my dog Sampson was > still alive my brother Scott and I drove down to visit them. We went > crabbing and had the fresh (live) blue crabs in a cooler in the garage. > Sampson wasn't afraid of the cooler, but he'd never heard it make *noise* > before! He was sniffing at it when suddenly there was this "clickety > clickety click"! The dog just about jumped out of his skin! :) Which reminds me of a funny dad story. Dad used to "put crabs to sleep" by rubbing on their bellies. There's a particular spot which, if rubbed, makes them really sluggish. The many times it worked don't stick in my memory nearly as well as the one time it didn't, and dad jumped about 3 feet in the air, having been pinched by his victim. Blood everywhere, of course. Okay, it doesn't really sound funny now that I typed it out. It was at the time, though, honest! Signaturemonique, roommate of Oscar the (female) grouch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eros was adopted! Eros has a home now! *cheer!* > Take 1 lb. link pork sausage (the original inhabitants of Frogmore use a > homemade sausage), 3 lbs. new potatoes and cover with water and beer. Boil [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Serve the mixture with a bucket in the center of the table for the crab and > shrimp shells and corn cobs. You'll need lots of napkins :) This sounds absolutely delicious. I am now hungry for seafood. Oh well, it's 11:30 pm, not much open for sea food at this time of night. Diane > Nowadays, my parents live in coastal NC. The shrimp there are > fantabulous; we get them right from shrimpers on the dock. Every time [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > all of the seafood on the menu is breaded, so much so that it makes my stomach > ache. Yuck! I would insist on a steamed-shrimp feast as well. Living in MO, it's hard to get good seafood. :( I don't care for breaded shrimp either. Why bother, it ruins the shrimp. :) Diane |
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