Crab Stock/Crab Soup 10/24/10

[Ronster]

Agree totally. Quality of life over quantity of life anytime.

We need Mutzy to weight in on this and speak for 80+ year olds everywhere.   

[CrabDog]

We need Mutzy to weight in on this and speak for 80+ year olds everywhere.   

man stirring the pot with the gangs of New York.. Uh Oh....

[Crabslayer]

I have a recipe I stopped using years ago - I was concerned about a heart attack

you start out with a pound of bacon - render out the fat, pull out the bacon, then make a brick colored rue with the fat that you add to the crab soup at the end for a thinkener and flavor

this used four types of meat ( beef, ham, pork, bacon and venison, if I had it ) . Yes, it was a great tasting heart stopper and artery clogger

but it very rich and tasty -    AHHH the good old days

Since my heart attack, I eat more bacon now then I did before.

[deaconjohn]

What i like to do is take 3 slices of bacon Cut into 1/4" inch wide strips Cook in heavy bottom pot till crisp,tilt pot & remove all but a table spoon or so of the fat (gravy down south) then simmer with shells and veggies. one other thing i never throw out raw shrimp shells(we don't get em with heads here)throw them in too.Makes a great base for seafood chowder either white or red.