Crabby Appleton
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Joined: May 2006
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Well, Crabby Jr. couldn't make a trip to the Outer Banks so Crabby Jr. Jr. and I went on a road trip to Wrightsville Beach to see if Buddies had the crabs.
No, they did not, despite what their website says! No oysters either, the bastids and parking for public access to the beach or anything else for that matter is 25 cents for 10 minutes! WTF? Who carries a couple of rolls of quarters to the beach?
So the mission was set, find some live blue crabs we could take back to Fayetteville. Failure was not an option.
We finally found 'em at a place called Mason's Marina on the Middle Sound. We bought a bushel of medium jimmys and iced 'em down for the trip back. Alarmingly (to me) they were selling sponge crabs along with sooks and jimmys. Is this legal in NC? I need to check.
Jr. Jr. slept most of the way back (2 hour trip in the Lil' Red Rocket). I prepped the spices (my own super secret MD style recipe) while the water was set to boil, then threw the first batch in to steam, extry spice of course.
Jr., Mz. Jr. and friends walk in just as they were ready, naturally.
Mz. Jr. was reluctant at first, this being her first time and all but she soon fell to with mucho gusto (you have to or starve around Crabby and his boys).
A very tasty Belizean shrimp, conch and sea trout ceviche was on the bar. Widmer Hefeweizen, Negra Modelo and more Boulevard Pale Ale were the beverages served.
Much fun was had by all.
Crabby
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