Re: tinned crab meat

Steve Wertz said:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:07:59 -0500, Siobhan Perricone

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I've found some crab meat at Costco that's pretty good. It's already
picked, and decently so. It's got a good flavour and I like eating it just
with some melted butter and heated, but I was wondering what other people
might make with it.

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Crab Rangoon (crab and cream cheese wontons).

Was this dish invented by Trader Vic's?

Steve

On Tue 21 Mar 2006 06:25:05p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it Steve Wertz?

Quoted message said:

Siobhan Perricone said:

I've found some crab meat at Costco that's pretty good. It's already
picked, and decently so. It's got a good flavour and I like eating it just
with some melted butter and heated, but I was wondering what other people
might make with it.

Crab Rangoon (crab and cream cheese wontons).

Canned crab also makes a pretty good baked deviled crab. Can't find my
recipe, or I would post it.

--
Wayne Boatwright o¿o
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BIOYA

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:04:10 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]

(Steve Pope) said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:07:59 -0500, Siobhan Perricone

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've found some crab meat at Costco that's pretty good. It's already
picked, and decently so. It's got a good flavour and I like eating it just
with some melted butter and heated, but I was wondering what other people
might make with it.

Quoted message said:

Crab Rangoon (crab and cream cheese wontons).

Was this dish invented by Trader Vic's?

Hmm. Don't know. I've eaten at a few TV's but don't recall
seeing it on the menu there, just at Chinese restaurants. Having
cream cheese in it, I'd doubt it's origins are really Chinese.

-sw

On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 04:04:10 +0000 (UTC), [email hidden]

(Steve Pope) said:

Steve Wertz said:

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:07:59 -0500, Siobhan Perricone

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I've found some crab meat at Costco that's pretty good. It's already
picked, and decently so. It's got a good flavour and I like eating it just
with some melted butter and heated, but I was wondering what other people
might make with it.

Quoted message said:

Crab Rangoon (crab and cream cheese wontons).

Was this dish invented by Trader Vic's?

Apparently it is (or was) a popular TV specialty, but it
originated in the Rangoon province of Vietnam (never heard of it).
It's French + Vietnamese fusion, which sounds right.

Here's the TV recipe:
http://chinesefood.about.com/od/crabrangoon/r/crabpuffs.htm

I highly recommend these. You can make them in the oven, too, if
you're afraid of deep-frying. Here's the discussion/recipes from
10 years ago: (Show quoted text to see recipes)
<http://groups.google.com/group/rec.food.cooking/browse_thread/thread/dab2f3c70b65c991/1032c547bf1146b6>

I've perfected the technique in the last 10 years ;-) I make them
into pinched flower shapes. Note that wonton wrappers come in 3
sizes at a well-stocked grocer. I use the largest size for these.

-sw