The Compleat Crab and Lobster Book, Revised - Softcover

Reaske, Christopher R.

9781580800273: The Compleat Crab and Lobster Book, Revised

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580800270 ISBN 13: 9781580800273

Publisher: Burford Books, 1999

Detailed instructins for trapping the feisty blue crab, with cooking, opening, and picking techniques and a wealth of recipes.

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From Publishers Weekly:

Crabs, admits Reaske ( The Compleat Clammer ) in this useful guide, are often considered "mean-spirited, snappy, ugly, feisty, pugnacious, and brazenly unintimidated by man," yet they are "beautiful in spirit, with the male protectively cradling the female in her vulnerable molted state." Offering a wealth of biological, historical and linguistic lore, the author observes that a 17th-century Dutch sea captain in New Amsterdam--having noted that the Atlantic blue crab's claws displayed the orange, white and blue hues of the Dutch flag--decided that the Dutch "should colonize this country . . . they have a proper right to it." In Japan, where the lobster is a symbol of longevity, a congratulatory card may bear the message, "May you live until your back humps like the lobster." Reaske also details breeding habits and techniques of capturing the creatures, while warning the amateur against encroaching on the professional's livelihood. His best recipes involve basics: steaming and boiling crabs, and steaming, boiling and broiling lobsters. Others, including "classics" (lobster Newburg, crab dip) tend to mask the fresh taste of seafood with canned soups, processed cheese and heavy sauces.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal:

Reaske offers soup-to-nuts (to have around your main seafood course) guides to catching clams, oysters, mussels, crabs, and lobsters. Each book presents details on the equipment needed, biological information, plus tips on preparing the fish and a few recipes. Any library near a coastline would do well to have these on hand.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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