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OLD BAY Seasoning, 6 oz?
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Now that's a good question! There should be a way to send someone a code through email or text that they can use to redeem a thing.
You could PM it to me, and then only I'd see it. If you look on my profile, I've done Reddit Secret Santa before, so I'm at least 37% trustworthy. I understand if you don't want to though. Also, Amazon sells it! At least, to my IP address :)
Volim rakove!! Kuhajte ih na pari u Old Bayu
Hy's, you say? So, you're Canadian, eh?
>I’ve never had old bay.
As a lifelong Marylander, this makes me so sad. You can get yourself some Old Bay on Amazon, though it's a bit pricey.
So, uh... the team you root for is very close to the Chesapeake Bay, and the rural areas outside Baltimore are famous for supporting "watermen" as a major part of the historical economy. They're not called "fishermen" because they do all sorts of work - dredging oysters, pulling crab pots, etc. Our state boat is the skipjack, designed for harvesting oysters, and there are laws that require oyster harvesting to be done in boats matching the skipjack's design parameters (to prevent overfishing).
The blue crab's scientific name, Callinectes Sapidus, translates to "beautiful tasty swimmer". Maryland and Virginia together almost always account for over 1/3 of the national blue crab harvest.
For a long time the blue crab was a "bycatch" animal -- less profitable than locally caught fish, the locals would sell the valuable fish and eat the bycatch as a useful freebie. Old Bay seasoning was invented in Baltimore to put on crabmeat -- at the time a popular and inexpensive (!) bar snack -- to encourage patrons to drink more beer. Old Bay was manufactured by the McCormick spice company. Because the U.S. Naval Academy is on the Chesapeake and near Baltimore, many naval officers develop a taste for it in college and bring it with them, which means you can find it in the galleys of most US Navy ships (especially in the Atlantic Fleet).
All of which is to say: they're a tradition in the Baltimore area, and we're serious about them as the Brits are about a proper English breakfast or the French are about pastry. They're delicious, but you're never going to get a straight answer from a local because our answers are freighted with history and seasoned with local pride.
If you can order from UK amazon, you can get Old Bay. If you don't mind setting fire to a small pile of money, you can also order crab meat and make yourself some crab cakes. I don't know anyone who actually uses mayonnaise in their recipe -- I worked in an oceanside restaurant on the Delmarva peninsula, and we used eggs where most recipes use mayo. It's also critical to drain and dry the crab meat before mixing it into the bowl and making patties; the excess moisture makes 'em sloppy.
You're doing the right method, no worries there.
But, I have a few tips for you:
1) Fresh water sucks out some of the flavor while cooking, so, use a generous amount of salt in the boiling water.
2) Season after it's done cooking. We crack the shell and shake some right onto the meat. In my area, Old Bay is the standard. You can make it yourself if it's not sold locally, the ingredients are pretty standard.
3) Learn how to make drawn butter (boil butter for a minute, let it settle, skim off the solids, pour off the butter, leave the whey behind). Great for dipping clams/crabs/lobster/crayfish/etc.
It's on Amazon uk.
oh I forget you guys aren't familiar with Old Bay seasoning spice
Most simple would be Old Bay, salt and pepper. You could even mix some old bay with some butter and slather it on after its boiled.
Old bay is on Amazon - not cheap though
https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Old-Bay-Seasoning-170g/dp/B0009PCP6S
What are you talking about?
Just the very basics
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Italian seasoning blend (basil, oregano, thyme, rosemary, marjoram)
- Chili powder
- Cumin
- Parsley
- Cinnamon
and some all purpose seasoning blends like
Liquids
- Worcestershire sauce
- Red wine vinegar
- Vanilla
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