Crabbing = Crab Cakes

I spent most of the summer fishing and crabbing. The crabbing season has been pretty good this year, mainly because I am able to go to a few of my favorite crabbing spots on weekdays and had the pier all to myself most of the time. My best day's catch was almost 3 dozen crabs! My daughter and I could not eat all of the crabs, so I spent a good amount of time peeling them (after steaming) for crabmeat and then making crab cakes, crab fried rice, crab omelette, etc.

It was fun catching your own crabs, from piers or bridges, using topless traps, ring nets and hand lines with chicken drumsticks as bait.

Then steam the crabs in the evening and put away in the fridge.

Next two days, peel crabs, season them for crab cakes, and reserve some crabmeat for stir fry.

These crab cakes were put into the freezer, will be taking them to family members over Thanksgiving!