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Airehead

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We are having a dear friend over for dinner on Saturday.  First time in over a year.  She likes seafood mostly and chicken but Einstein won't eat chicken.  I need ideas of what to serve.  I was thinking of cod topped with crab????

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Stir fry shrimp with some veggies -- ie. any of following, sliced asparagus, broccoli, red/green peppers, boy choy or shanghai choy, ...with onions, ginger root or garlic.  etc.  Server over rice or throw in cooked, drained pasta (preferably smaller cut or noodles) about a few min. before veggies are done with shrimp.  (actually only put in shrimp close to the end with veggies, since it cooks fast).

Well.....you could make sushi.  But it's more fiddly work, but not hard. Put smoked salmon on the middle or even tuna loin pieces, etc.  smoked mackeral pieces in that or on cracker/equivalent etc.

Stir fry mussels in shell with any above veggies.

 

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Crab stuffed zucchini. Core zucchini with an apple corer. Mince zucchini guts with onion and garlic. Fold into jumbo lump crab fixed in the Maryland crab cake style and stuff the zucchini boats with the mixture. Bake at 350 for ten minutes then broil to lightly brown the tops.

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3 hours ago, Airehead said:

We are having a dear friend over for dinner on Saturday.  First time in over a year.  She likes seafood mostly and chicken but Einstein won't eat chicken.  I need ideas of what to serve.  I was thinking of cod topped with crab????

This is the easy fish dish I make when I'm having company. Use any whitefish (tilapia, haddock, etc.) fresh filet with a cheese sauce topping. The recipe calls for mixing a can of crabmeat in and is excellent with or without it: https://www.food.com/recipe/baked-tilapia-w-fondue-sauce-and-crab-211482

Basically, you make a fondue sauce by making a roux with flour and butter, slowly add the milk (I use 3 tbsp flour, 3 tbsp butter, 1 cup of milk to make sure I have enough) under medium-low heat until the flour lumps dissolve into the mixture to make a white (aka bechamel) sauce, add cheddar cheese (about 5 oz. is plenty and you've got the great sauce for topping the fish.  A little mustard kicks it up a notch and a can (4.5 oz. is ok) of crabmeat even more.

You basically bake the fish filets (with salt, pepper, lime or lemon juice) at 400°F and after about 7 min,  top with the cheese sauce and cook it 5 more minutes. The recipe says 20-25 min. but that's way too long for fresh fish filets.

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5 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said:

@Airehead now that you've opened this can of crabmeat, you must post pictures of whatever you make !

will do--- She is from Martha's Vineyard so I know she likes clams.  She is also in her 80's so keeping that in mind too.  She is bringing multiple Airedales.  My default is crab as I am from the Chesapeake BAy.

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2 hours ago, Old No. 7 said:

Crab stuffed zucchini. Core zucchini with an apple corer. Mince zucchini guts with onion and garlic. Fold into jumbo lump crab fixed in the Maryland crab cake style and stuff the zucchini boats with the mixture. Bake at 350 for ten minutes then broil to lightly brown the tops.

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That’s about$600 worth of crab down here. 

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17 minutes ago, Airehead said:

will do--- She is from Martha's Vineyard so I know she likes clams.  She is also in her 80's so keeping that in mind too.  She is bringing multiple Airedales.  My default is crab as I am from the Chesapeake BAy.

My parents are from Boston and retired on the South Shore (Duxbury) between Boston and the Cape. I have many pleasant memories of digging clams at low tide with my Dad. He used to make clams casino, chowdah, or a seafood pizza with a white clam sauce in place of a tomahto sauce.

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