May 29, 2007
We've got crabs
A couple of readers wrote in this weekend with suggestions for David Speight, who has been looking for a good softshell crab. Nona says to try Wasabi down on the market and Tom says he regularly gets a hankering for the softshells down at Kim's Seafood in the market building. A friend of mine also mentioned Stephen's on Franklin Road. A little higher-priced, but worth checking out.
Of course, someone who goes by Shemp says the only way to find good ones is to head for the coast. I'm heading for the coast of North Carolina next week myself, but when I get there I won't be looking for softshells. I'm hoping some blue crabs are in the seafood markets. I'm ready to do a little picking and grinning.
Over the weekend, my mom's fiance caught a bunch of trout in the Cowpasture River. I know there's some concern with the fish kill on the Cowpasture and the James these days, but none of these little beauties appeared to be sick. We slid some pats of butter up inside them, seasoned them, wrapped them in tin foil and cooked them on the charcoal grill. I haven't had as delicious and fresh a piece of fish in many years.
Reader Debbie Franco wrote in the other day looking for Stephen Colbert's AmeriCone Dream, a fairly new flavor of Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream. I wrote a Corner Shot about that flavor several months ago, but I've never seen it on grocery shelves in Roanoke. Debbie says a co-worker finally found it at the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op and brought some in to work.
Mystery solved.
Although, if it's available anywhere else around town, I'd be interested in knowing that.
Comments
[May 30, 2007 9:54 AM]
ThomYou can find it at the Crossroads Kroger...in addition to the latest flavor... Willie Nelson's Country Peach Cobbler! Willie is not known for growing peaches, but I guess Smoke flavored ice cream would be a tough sell.
[May 30, 2007 11:56 AM]
Lindsey NairThanks for the info, Thom. I think if it were up to Willie, his flavor would have whiskey in it.
Hey, whiskey and peaches go pretty well together, don't they?
[May 30, 2007 5:44 PM]
ThomYeah, but Willie will give up a peach.
Not sure it'd be as easy to get him to part with a bottle with whiskey.