Crab Boil

Last weekend Sean and I had our good friends Pete and Dorrie over for a crab boil. In our part of the country it's more common to host a crawfish boil, but Sean found an offer on an online deal site for Maryland Blue Crabs delivered straight to your door and couldn't pass up the opportunity. They came already cooked, all we did was steam them with some corn and potatoes and served with melted butter and Old Bay seasoning. Boy was it good. We definitely had enough to feed a small village but there was no way we were letting any go to waste so we sat there for TWO HOURS working on our dinner. You have to work for every bite but  it is so worth it. Pete and Dorrie enjoy food as much as we do and lived in Maryland for a couple of years so when we started thinking about the evening we knew just who to invite. Hope they had as good of a time as we did!

You can't tell in the picture but Dorrie's skirt was the same color as the orange in my shirt - totally not planned! Pete brought raw oysters for an appetizer, yum-o!

That's a lotta crab

We set up outside with folding chairs and a  newspaper-lined table. Keeping things classy over here.

I made everyone take a picture before we dug in - we were all salivating!

Left picture is half way through Round 1. Upper right is Round 2. Lower right is Round 3. This is why dinner took two hours!