Ambitious Deliciousness – Dont Eat Lazy.

Word on the street is that soft-shell crabs are in season! I’ve been keeping my eyes peeled for a chance to write a recipe involving the delicious crabs, especially because I’ve never attempted to cook with them before. Though I’ve had plenty of spider rolls, I don’t actually know what soft-shell crabs look like. This actually turned out to be a problem.

Dan modeling with a plate of ambiguous crabs

The Chinese fishmonger didn’t understand what I was asking for when I tried to verify that these crabs were indeed, soft-shell crabs. Maybe he was just trying to make a sale. Who knows? In any case, I bought a pound of what I thought, were soft-shell crabs.

Now, I’m so confused, because these don’t look like any of the pictures I saw online. What’s adding to the mystery is that since these had already been cleaned, I don’t know if they had the same dark shell that I see in the pictures. Yet I was able to eat a whole one without breaking my teeth, after removing the claw legs and the apron.  I thought soft-shell crabs were supposed to be entirely edible! Do you think it’s possible that I just bought baby crabs?

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This is a combination of two separate recipes I’ve seen on my food blog reading journey. The scallop dish was adapted from Recipezaar, while the bacon + asparagus is from the infamous food blog, Serious Eats.

My alertness level wasn’t as high as it should have been, after a long day of work and play, I set my sights on this meal beginning at 10 pm. That’s right. Can you imagine my neighbors, getting ready for bed and then thinking, why do I want to eat bacon all of a sudden?

I blame the slightly burnt scallops on myself. It had a bitter aftertaste that I didn’t care for too much. The heat was turned up way too high. What I did enjoy, however, was the flavors of the crispy bacon with the tangy asparagus, paired with the softness of boiled eggs. 
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I bought some oyster mushrooms the other day but they looked kinda strange. Are they supposed to look like tree barks? In any case, I diced them into tiny pieces. And while I was doing it, I pretended to be a ninja. It was more fun that way.

This recipe is a result of a random “let’s see if this would taste good together” experiment. Instead of breadcrumbs, I had crackers in a Ziploc bag from a trip and decided to crush them up. The verdict = yummy-ness. Success!

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