Proof that Maya is Smart

February 3, 2008 /

While we don’t believe in paying our child for getting good grades, we have been known to celebrate our successes in life. So when Maya came home on Friday with a report card that showed how hard she’s been working, Ted said we would celebrate, and she could pick what we have for dinner. Anywhere she wanted to go, or we could cook at home. Being an intelligent child, as it is the height of Dungeness Crab season, she said she wanted crab, at home. Yay!

It just so happens that I had been eyeballing the crab at a local grocery a day or two before, and had decided that though I really wanted some, it was too expensive. $8.99 a pound, and each crab is about 2.25 lbs, means about $20 per crab. And we can each eat one, easily. So, no, I wasn’t about to spend $60 on crab. But because this was a celebratory meal, and it’s cheaper to buy it at the store than at a restaurant, we decided we would get some…but not at that same local grocery. Instead, we went to an Asian grocery store in the neighboring town, where you get them live, and they’re $4.99 a lb. Suddenly our special dinner went from $60 down to $30. MUCH better. So, we got the crab, and some dill, and came home. Curtis says to put them in the freezer before cooking them, as it puts them into a stupor, and they don’t feel the pain as much when they go in the water. Well, Curtis isn’t a crab, and I don’t think he’s ever been boiled alive, but I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. So into the freezer, and then the boiling water, they went. Ted made a beautiful salad to go with the crab, and I melted some butter, and added dill and a squeeze of lemon juice. Oh.My.God. It was so much better than the pre-cooked crab you buy for $8.99 a lb. SO yummy, sweet, and delicious. Let’s just say, there are no leftovers for crab salad or anything. Three crabs, gone in 30 minutes. Yum.

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