Cooking is essential to the Chesapeake life. These recipes, cookbooks and other resources will help you bring a taste of the Bay home.
The Bay’s best recipes
Spotlight: Spicy Crab Soup
• 1 quart water
• 3 chicken parts (neck or wing)
• 3 pounds canned tomatoes, quartered
• 8 ounces frozen corn, thawed
• 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
• 1 cup potatoes, diced
• 3/4 cup celery, chopped
• 3/4 cup onion, diced
• 3/4 tablespoon seafood seasoning
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1 pound Maryland crabmeat, fresh or pasteurized, cartilage removed (regular or claw meat)
Place water and chicken in a 6-quart soup pot. Cover and simmer over low heat for at least one hour. Add vegetables and seasonings and simmer, covered, over medium-low heat for about 45 minutes, or until vegetables are almost done. Add crabmeat, cover and simmer for 15 more minutes, or until hot. (If a milder soup is desired, decrease amount of seafood seasoning to 1-1/2 teaspoons.) Makes 8 servings. (Courtesy of the Maryland Department of Agriculture Seafood Marketing Program)
More Bay recipes:
> BayCooking.com
> Blue-Crab.org
> VirginiaSeafood.org
> Chesapeake Bay Gourmet
> The Crab Place |
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The Bay’s best cookbooks
Spotlight: Chesapeake Bay Cooking
Coastal cuisine expert John Shields’ Chesapeake Bay Cooking, the companion to the PBS series, is a history lesson, a travelogue and a compendium of more than 100 delectable recipes.
More Bay cookbooks
Bay basics: Kitchen essentials
What’s in a Chesapeake kitchen?
You’ll need the right cookware, flatware and seasoning to properly prepare the bounty of the Bay. Here are a few essentials to keep on hand:
• Stainless steel stock pot with steamer insert
• Cast iron skillet
• Crab mallets
• Oyster knives
• Seafood seasoning
• Fresh lemons
• Tartar sauce
• Bread crumbs
Check your favorite kitchenware store or try these online retailers:
> Cooking.com
> Williams-Sonoma
> Crate & Barrel
> Chef’s Resource
> KitchenShop.com
Above all, a well-stocked Bay kitchen needs a well-stocked Bay. Try composting kitchen waste and using fertilizer properly in your yard to help keep the seafood coming.
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