Monday, May 31, 2010

More: Oregon and Crabs

This past weekend my wife and I went to Oregon with some friends to reunionize with some of my wife’sMe tossing the trap off the dock. old roomates. We camped at the Beverly Beach campground which was quite nice, for a campground. While there we had a grand old time. The first day we went crabbing, a unique experience. There are various reasons why it is such a unique experience. First of all you do it right off the side of the dock, no boating required. Second of all yourThe crab trap with bait in the middle. catch can and will catch you back if you aren’t careful, thankfully I don’t have personal experience with crab claws. Thirdly, you can take your catch to a local greasy spoon and have them cook your catch for you while you eat. However, you don’t have to have any expertise with the sport for people to be in awe with you and think you are the shizzle, which I thought hilarious because we really had no idea whMe and my catch, posing together.at were doing. They will ask you all sorts of questions like you know everything so of course we played the part and imparted all three facts we knew about crabbing like they were the greatest pieces of wisdom heard since Confucius or something. I know that crab is delicious and many people love crab cakes or crab salad. But if you’ve ever had crab out of the shell it’s quite a different experience. It’s haThey look like little monsters don't they, but they're good little monsters!rd! There is a lot of work for very  little meat, but if you ask me it’s totally worth it. These Red Rock crab weren’t really huge, as seen in the picture, but boy they tasted good! I think I had four by myself. So if you ever get out to Newport, OR go to the dock, rent a crab trap and throw it in a couple of times. Loads of fun!

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