2009/11/12

Blue Crab as a State symbol of Maryland

From 1989, the Maryland Blue Crab  has been designated the State Crustacean as a symbol of Maryland.
We can see a blue crab on the front of Maryland driver's licence.





The blue crab's scientific name translates as "beautiful swimmer that is savory."  We cook crabs in innumerable ways, steamed or sauteed, as Maryland Crab Cakes and Crab Imperial, or in crab soup and crab dip.










The Chesapeake Bay, located in Maryland and Virginia, is famous for its blue crabs, and they are one of the most important economic items harvested from it.
According to information about crab, while blue crabs remain a popular food in the Chesapeake Bay area, the Bay is not capable of meeting local demands. Most whole blue crabs sold in restaurants in Maryland are shipped into the region from North Carolina, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Texas and many crabcakes are made of crabmeat imported from overseas especially Mexico and Venezuela. At least one well-known "traditional Maryland" seafood restaurant actually imports a Southeast Asian crab.
This Wednesday, after school I went to H-mart to buy some food. My two kids don't like to have American food as a meal so that I have to prepare Korean food.

At H-Mart I found fresh blue crabs.   We love crab, but we seldom have it as a meal because we don't have a enough big pot for it. I brought just 7 crabs that day. I boiled them with onions, garlics, and one bottle of bear to reduce bad fishy smell.

We dipped crab meat  in the soybean sauce with wasabi. We enjoyed the crabs, but we needed more... I promised my kids to buy  lots of steam-cooked crabs at fish market. 


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