"Louisiana "La-yers" Peeps"

[kuntrygirl]

TGIF everybody! e

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[kuntrygirl]

Supper tonight (w/a glass or two of Julie's wine): Serves 4 Fresh crabmeat will make these crab cakes taste even better. With packaged crab, if the meat smells clean and fresh when you first open the package, skip steps 1 and 4 and simply blot away any excess liquid.
Ingredients

• 1pound lump crabmeat, picked over for shells
• 1cup milk
• 1 1/2cups panko bread crumbs
• Salt and pepper
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 1/2cup chopped onion
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and smashed
• 1tablespoon unsalted butter
• 4ounces shrimp, peeled, deveined, and tails removed
• 1/4cup heavy cream
• 2teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1/2teaspoon hot pepper sauce
• 1teaspoon lemon juice
• 1/2teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
• 4tablespoons vegetable oil

Instructions

• 1. Place crabmeat and milk in bowl, making sure crab is totally submerged. Cover and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes.
• 2. Meanwhile, place ¾ cup panko in small zipper-lock bag and finely crush with rolling pin. Transfer crushed panko to 10-inch nonstick skillet and add remaining ¾ cup panko. Toast over medium-high heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Transfer panko to shallow dish and stir in ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Wipe out skillet.
• 3. Pulse celery, onion, and garlic in food processor until finely chopped, 5 to 8 pulses, scraping down bowl as needed. Transfer vegetables to large bowl. Rinse processor bowl and blade and reserve. Melt butter in now-empty skillet over medium heat. Add chopped vegetables, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; cook, stirring frequently, until vegetables are softened and all moisture has evaporated, 4 to 6 minutes. Return vegetables to large bowl and let cool to room temperature. Rinse out pan and wipe clean.
• 4. Strain crabmeat through fine-mesh strainer, pressing firmly to remove milk but being careful not to break up lumps of crabmeat.
• 5. Pulse shrimp in now-empty food processor until finely ground, 12 to 15 pulses, scraping down bowl as needed. Add cream and pulse to combine, 2 to 4 pulses, scraping down bowl as needed. Transfer shrimp puree to bowl with cooled vegetables. Add mustard, hot pepper sauce, lemon juice, and Old Bay seasoning; stir until well combined. Add crabmeat and fold gently with rubber spatula, being careful not to overmix and break up lumps of crabmeat. Divide mixture into 8 balls and firmly press into 1/2-inch-thick patties. Place cakes on rimmed baking sheet lined with parchment paper, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
• 6. Coat each cake in panko, firmly pressing to adhere crumbs to exterior. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in now-empty skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Place 4 cakes in skillet and cook without moving them until golden brown, 3 to 4 minutes. Using 2 spatulas, carefully flip cakes, add 1 tablespoon oil, reduce heat to medium-low, and continue to cook until second side is golden brown, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer cakes to platter. Wipe out skillet and repeat with remaining 4 cakes and remaining 2 tablespoons oil. Serve immediately

OMG!! That sounds so delicious. About the wine. You don't have anywhere to go early in the morning do you? I will print out your recipe for that spinach dip. I think I want to eat that as a meal this weekend. Thank you for introducing me to that dip. I have a co-worker that makes THE BEST hummus with EXTRA GARLIC, so I have convinced her to make some for me. I will be buying the ingredients today and she will make it this weekend and she will make me a load of it so that I can freeze some. She uses garbonzo beans, so I will be buying 2 lbs of the beans. I hear my morning cardio calling me after eating all of this food.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

OMG!! That sounds so delicious. About the wine. You don't have anywhere to go early in the morning do you?

I will print out your recipe for that spinach dip. I think I want to eat that as a meal this weekend. Thank you for introducing me to that dip.

I have a co-worker that makes THE BEST hummus with EXTRA GARLIC, so I have convinced her to make some for me. I will be buying the ingredients today and she will make it this weekend and she will make me a load of it so that I can freeze some. She uses garbonzo beans, so I will be buying 2 lbs of the beans.

I hear my morning cardio calling me after eating all of this food.

Nope - I was supposed to help a coworker move but her house won't be ready until next weekend,. So I am sleeping in this weekend! & other than doing some LSD (long slow distance) walks, going to be a total lounge lizard & couch potato. MIght finish caulking my bathroom countertop.

Now I'm wanting to make more of that dip. Must. resist. temptation!

 

[kuntrygirl]

OMG!! That sounds so delicious. About the wine. You don't have anywhere to go early in the morning do you?


I will print out your recipe for that spinach dip. I think I want to eat that as a meal this weekend. Thank you for introducing me to that dip.


I have a co-worker that makes THE BEST hummus with EXTRA GARLIC, so I have convinced her to make some for me. I will be buying the ingredients today and she will make it this weekend and she will make me a load of it so that I can freeze some. She uses garbonzo beans, so I will be buying 2 lbs of the beans.


I hear my morning cardio calling me after eating all of this food.

Nope - I was supposed to help a coworker move but her house won't be ready until next weekend,. So I am sleeping in this weekend! & other than doing some LSD (long slow distance) walks, going to be a total lounge lizard & couch potato. MIght finish caulking my bathroom countertop.

Now I'm wanting to make more of that dip. Must. resist. temptation!

Thank God you are not going anywhere because I wouldn't want you to get stopped for tipsy driving even though it will be the night before of drinking.

I am glad that you will be sleeping in. You deserved it and the wine will surely help with that.

Don't resist Terri, MAKE THE DIP !!!!!!!!!

 

[catdaddyfro]

Thank God you are not going anywhere because I wouldn't want you to get stopped for tipsy driving even though it will be the night before of drinking.

I am glad that you will be sleeping in. You deserved it and the wine will surely help with that.

Don't resist Terri, MAKE THE DIP !!!!!!!!!

Yeah go ahead on an make and eat the dip Terri then all you have to do to compensate for it is to step it up on the LSD to LFD walks it all works out in the end + too you'll get done with the walk sooner and have more time to rest, LOL see there problem solved. Just remember that anytime you or anybody else needs ANY type of assistance that I may help one out on I'm just a hoot and holler away, if I don't know/or have the solution I'll find someone who does LOL

Jeff

 

[kuntrygirl]

Thank God you are not going anywhere because I wouldn't want you to get stopped for tipsy driving even though it will be the night before of drinking.


I am glad that you will be sleeping in. You deserved it and the wine will surely help with that.


Don't resist Terri, MAKE THE DIP !!!!!!!!!

Yeah go ahead on an make and eat the dip Terri then all you have to do to compensate for it is to step it up on the LSD to LFD walks it all works out in the end + too you'll get done with the walk sooner and have more time to rest, LOL see there problem solved. Just remember that anytime you or anybody else needs ANY type of assistance that I may help one out on I'm just a hoot and holler away, if I don't know/or have the solution I'll find someone who does LOL

Jeff

Jeff, I'm going to the wine lab to create a "special" wine for that "special" day of guinea hunting. It will be a triple berry blend wine which I will name "Keet Kryptonite".

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Yeah go ahead on an make and eat the dip Terri then all you have to do to compensate for it is to step it up on the LSD to LFD walks it all works out in the end + too you'll get done with the walk sooner and have more time to rest, LOL see there problem solved. Just remember that anytime you or anybody else needs ANY type of assistance that I may help one out on I'm just a hoot and holler away, if I don't know/or have the solution I'll find someone who does LOL

Jeff

You're a hoot & a holler all right, Jeff - you got THAT part right!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Thank God you are not going anywhere because I wouldn't want you to get stopped for tipsy driving even though it will be the night before of drinking.

I am glad that you will be sleeping in. You deserved it and the wine will surely help with that.

Don't resist Terri, MAKE THE DIP !!!!!!!!!

Are you saying "Resisance is Futile"?

Jeff, I'm going to the wine lab to create a "special" wine for that "special" day of guinea hunting. It will be a triple berry blend wine which I will name "Keet Kryptonite".

EXCELLENT IDEA!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

I wonder why it didn't print my smilies?

We need to ALL be hoping Mama Guinea is cooperating with this game plan. I haven't seen her all week, altho I did hear her a couple of times. Always at the base of that tree.

 

[catdaddyfro]

Jeff, I'm going to the wine lab to create a "special" wine for that "special" day of guinea hunting. It will be a triple berry blend wine which I will name "Keet Kryptonite".

Oh ok but I don't partake of the vino anymore me an alcohol just ain't a good combo LOL It only took me about 20 years of screwups to finally ever get that thru my dense numbskull LOL

Jeff