Its Crab Season!

I fondly remember a great time we had in Sebastapol with my sister Kelly. We had the girls and the local grocery store got its first special on crab.

Kelly went down and bought up. We ate those babies New England style. Spread the newspaper out on the table and have at it.

We demolished them.

This year's carb experience was not as emblematic of the great crab harvest. I bought a medium sized crab.. on sale for 3.99. and I picked and cracked the meat out. Sue and I had a crab salad sandwich apiece.

Crab salad is pretty easy. First you have to peel a crab. You get rid of its gills and its guts. Then carefully washing all the center meat and cartilage you end up with a lump of crab. You crack the legs and pull out the meat. You put all you don't eat in a container. Then immediately take the shell out to the trash. That stuff stinks.

A couple of tablespoons of mayo.. it you dare and a finely chopped up stalk of celery and you have crab salad.. yum..

Our parents had no sympathy for those that were not crab eaters. Their philosophy.. more for the rest of us..

Love to all you crab eaters out there.. go out and eat some crab!

Pat