I had been adding recipes for a while to a new cookbook so I could find them when I wanted to cook them. In the electronic age, a digital version seems to make more sense, since I can add, amend, advise, adjust, delete, and reconsider as often as I want to and you can access them if and when you please. I've included the recipes from both my original cookbook which many of you have, and additional accumulated recipes that never got published. This isn’t the latest thing or nouvelle cuisine. These recipes are comfort food, good memories, treasured family recipes, and occasional treats as well as many healthier recipes I've grown to like in recent years. I encourage you to add comments, pictures, and favorite recipes to make this a real family cooking spot. It's the next best thing to sharing a meal.






Thursday, January 14, 2016

Crab Cakes

1 lb. back fin (lump) crab meat
2 eggs, beaten
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 tsp. Old Bay seasoning
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Dash of Tabasco, or to taste
2 tsp. mustard
2 Tbsp. mayonnaise
1/2 stack (sleeve) Ritz crackers, crumbled fine or 1/2 to 1 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley

Mix all ingredients gently and form into cakes.  Roll in flour or panko,  fry in butter until done. Serve with lemon wedges and tartar sauce.  They also make delicious sandwiches.

One summer we went to visit Donald's sister, Eileen Seglem, and her family in Maryland.  At the end of the visit on a Saturday, we left for Florida.  Eileen's husband, Walt, is a hard person to fool, and Eileen and their girls had been planning a surprise sailing trip for Walt's birthday.  His birthday is not until November so he was really surprised.  As part of the surprise, when we left that Saturday we doubled back and met them at the boat in Annapolis, Maryland.  We all sailed on Chesapeake Bay until late afternoon and then the Captain docked the boat at a restaurant that specializes in Maryland crab cakes.  This recipe tastes a lot like those crab cakes and is included in memory of a very special day.

 
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