East Coast Crabs

The "trash" bin. Containing crab legs, inerds, and claws. Gross!

The middle part of the crabbing process. Intriguing, huh?

The master at work!

This is what was thrown to us. Not what I expected when she said, "We will have crabs for dinner."

On Sunday, Joe had to finish a bit of homework before we headed out for our plans during the day. So while he did schoolwork in the library, I sat on a computer in the library looking at fun websites. It sure is weird to think he is doing all of his coursework for his masters, and I am done with school. I never thought that day would come-where I could look at fun websites in the library.

After finishing the little bit of work, we picked up David and his friend Cory and headed to Laura Lee's house in Baltimore (Laura Lee is the Director of the opera studio). She had invited all of the first and second year Maryland Opera Studio grad students for a welcome party. When we arrived, she had prepared a gracious spread of food, including the staple food of Maryland-crabs. Now, I don't like seafood. At all. In fact, it kinda makes me sick just smelling it. The kind of crabs Laura Lee bought were-well-competely whole and steamed. We had to learn how to peel off the legs, crack open the shell, and fish out the crab meat. There were mallots and knives involved, and it was extremely messy. By the second round, I wanted to give it a try, and ended up opening the whole crab and handing off the meat to Joe. It was really fun!! A good stress reliever. Now I can say that I know how to break apart a crab.

That night, we went back to Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner, and it was nice to be alone and talk. We had a great meal and were definitely full after a big day of eating. After getting back to Joe's apartment, he told me to pick out a movie to watch. I chose Sweeny Tod. It was a crazy musical, but overall a good choice. If you are squeemish about blood, I wouldn't recommend it.