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Soft-shell Crab
There is a chain of seafood restaurants in Texas (Pappadeaux) that serve soft shell crabs grilled, pan-sauteed or fried. I almost always order 1 grilled w/butter as dipping sauce and 1 fried crab with their dirty rice whenever I eat at Pappadeaux. I love the Japanase appetizer of fried soft shell crab with a ponzu dipping sauce -super yum! Another local Cajun restaurant serves them in po-boys as well as "beinvenille" (sp?) style with crawfish and shrimp in a cream sauce over the fried crab. Love love love soft-shell crab!
Uno's, Chicago's Original Deep-Dish Pizza
I'm from Texas but even my idea of pizza is a lovely crispy thin pizza. The first time I had a Chicago-style pizza I didn't even know where to start eating it. Where was the lovely flaky crust? When my husband went to Chicago I told him to try one, but throw all thoughts of what we consider "pizza" out his head.
I lived in a small village outside of Rome and have never had a slice of mushroom pizza like it - it was greatness.
Beer Cola-Can Chicken
My husband and I made this recipe this weekend. We had some issues w/the grill going all fiery (need to work on that drip pan) but the chicken came out great! We bought some beer can stands from Lowe's which helped to keep the chicken upright. To remove the chicken from the can I let the chicken cool, my husband held down on the metal base and I pulled up on the chicken. We put the hot can/stand in the sink and then when cool removed the can from the base stand. We skipped the brining step and used a bay leaf in the Dr. Pepper can. We made a 2nd chicken with beer and you could definitely taste the difference between the beer / soda chicken. I preferred the one made with the soda to the beer chicken.
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I season the tilapia w/Old Bay, dust it w/flour and do a quick pan sautee in olive oil on each side. I think its about 4 minutes on the first side, then about 3 minutes on the flip. At the last minute, I splash white wine and squeeze lime juice over it. It develops a lovely crust with a nice zing. I think its from an Epicurious recipe that called for a roasted almond topping over snow peas? Anyway, I usually serve w/some spinach and parmesan couscous, entire meal takes maybe 10 minutes to prepare!