Crabs!!

[P. McKinley]

I got a case of crabs and I had to figure out what to do with them..... pretty damn quick.

A whole damn case! 35# to be exact!!

So, the assignment was for a newly formed civic enterprise group's public launch meeting.
They wanted me to develop a seafood product that would highlight:
- Louisbourg, the town
- Louisbourg Seafood ("Mira Bay" - the brand, soon launching internationally)
- Louisbourg seafood (the concept)
- High cuisine, something a cut above what's done 'round here now.
They wanted this:
- for 85-100 people
- plated and displayed for professional photography
- accompanied by scaled recipes

They wanted this in four days.


I thunk, and I thunk, and I thunk.... 'till I could thunk no more.

And then ah.... HAH!
Snow Crab. That alien looking creature. Those, particularly large and sweet, fished from the famous(honestly, famous for its high productivity) AREA #23, right off the shores of Louisbourg.
Made fresh daily here along the rugged shores of fog-shrouded, historic Louisbourg....blah, blah, blah...

All sorts of symbolism goin' on in this one.
I did a few different portion sizes and plating styles that were photographed for a promotional campaign, but I won't see those for quite a while.

Can anyone guess how I might have made the mayo taste and feel.... "foggy"....coastal, Nova Scotia fishing harbour - fffoooggg?

And, so was born:
Area #23 Crab Cakes
w/ Foggy Mayo and Red Jam

One case, 30# of 10/12 Snow Crab;

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Hand shucked, all by one extremely happy dude:

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and... with just a bit of potato, some herbs, and onions, some eggs, and seasoning .... turned into this:

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[Brian Ayres]

I'm seriously sad. You could have given me a case of crabs. I wouldn't have even had to have known you had crabs. That's the great thing about them. One day you have them, a quick plane ride and I have them just like that!

I'll give you an a+ on presentation too! Considering your sheaths and those display boxes I remember you made I would expect nothing less.

 

[james terrio]

I got a case of crabs and I had to figure out what to do with them..... pretty damn quick.

They make special shampoo for that... oh, wait, the good kind.

Looks awesome, nice work!