Occamstazer
Almost Self-Reliant
I am a huge fan of imitation crabmeat. I can't afford real crab, but I'm a seafood fiend and so is the SO. We eat a lot of "krab" instead.
One of my favorite things is West Indes salad. It's heaven.
-Pile of crab or krab
-diced up sweet onion
-oil (whatever you like, I use a mild mild olive oil)
-white vinegar
-salt, a lot more than you think you'll need
-black pepper
-ice cubes
Mix things together, put some ice cubes on top, and let it sit in the fridge for awhile. The vinegar and oil will be too strong at first, as the ice cubes melt it gets it good and cold, and the dilution makes the bite of the vinegar a little gentler. I'm sorry I have no portions, most of my cooking is learned from watching someone
After it has sat overnight, add salt, taste, stir, add more, taste, stir, etc.
Serve on a bed of lettuce with sliced tomato and sliced avocado. My Granny serves it also with white Saltines, but I try to do without
I also love cajun style krab dip, which I usually eat on celery. However, the batch I just made is gross
I'm super picky about my fake krab, and this batch was not good. The best fake krab comes frozen from the Asian market. This is just from the regular grocery store cold case, and it reeks like all he** to me. I'm admittedly a seafood snoot, if it smells even a little bit fishy, I won't eat it.
I hate to waste food, think it will be ok to feed it to the chickens? The questionable ingredient is the cayenne pepper :/
Anyone else do good things with krab?
One of my favorite things is West Indes salad. It's heaven.
-Pile of crab or krab
-diced up sweet onion
-oil (whatever you like, I use a mild mild olive oil)
-white vinegar
-salt, a lot more than you think you'll need
-black pepper
-ice cubes
Mix things together, put some ice cubes on top, and let it sit in the fridge for awhile. The vinegar and oil will be too strong at first, as the ice cubes melt it gets it good and cold, and the dilution makes the bite of the vinegar a little gentler. I'm sorry I have no portions, most of my cooking is learned from watching someone
After it has sat overnight, add salt, taste, stir, add more, taste, stir, etc.
Serve on a bed of lettuce with sliced tomato and sliced avocado. My Granny serves it also with white Saltines, but I try to do without
I also love cajun style krab dip, which I usually eat on celery. However, the batch I just made is gross
I'm super picky about my fake krab, and this batch was not good. The best fake krab comes frozen from the Asian market. This is just from the regular grocery store cold case, and it reeks like all he** to me. I'm admittedly a seafood snoot, if it smells even a little bit fishy, I won't eat it.
I hate to waste food, think it will be ok to feed it to the chickens? The questionable ingredient is the cayenne pepper :/
Anyone else do good things with krab?
