Netarts Bay Recipes

Netarts Bay Crab Cakes
Serves 4

FIVE (5) saltine crackers, crushed to fine crumbs
One (1) pound crab meat, picked over cartilage
One (1) large egg
Two (2) half 1/2 tablespoons homemade mayonnaise, or prepared
Two (2) teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
One half (11/2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
Cash hot sauce, such as Tabasco®
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
Three (3) tablespoons peanut oil
Horseradish attar sauce

1. In large bowl, gently mix together cracker crumbs, crab meat, egg, mayonnaise, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and pepper.  The mixture will be wet.  Form about  1/4 of the crab mixture for each cake.

2. Heat peanut oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.  Gently slide the cakes off a spatula into the oil.  Sauté until the crab cakes are golden brown and cooked through, about five (5) minutes on each side.  Remove form skillet, and drain on paper towels.  Serve hot with tarter sauce. by: Linda Mitchell

Salmon Molds

One salmon-cooked & flaked (2 cups)
Two eggs
Three tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup crushed corn flakes
1/2 tsp. Garlic salt
Two tbsp. Grated onion
Dash pepped

 Mix all pack into greased custard cups.
Set in pan of hot water
Bake 375 for 30 mins.
By Ruth Boyd

Deviled Crab

One cup chopped celery
One cup sliced green onion
One large green pepper
(chopped finer than fine)
1/2 cup parsley
two lbs. crab meat
two half cups coarsely crushed cracker crumbs
One half tsp. dry mustard

One tsp. salt
Healthy dash Tabasco®
1/2 cup whipping cream
one cup melted butter
Lightly toss and spoon into greased baking dish
bake 350 25/30 mins.
by Ruth Boyd

Nel's Hot Cheesy Artichokes with Crab

9X12 glass-oven dish
One can artichoke hearts-drained
and cut into 6-8 pieces
1/2 package off (frozen chopped) spinach (drained)
One cup mayo
One 8oz. mozzarella shredded (2 cups)
One cup parmesan cheese
1/2 cup crab

Mix all ingredients together bake 350-25 to 30 mins.
by Nel Lenox

Nel's Crab Nip

Ingredients
Mix Well:
One can cream of mushroom soup
(warm 1 1/2 mins. in microwave)
One package knox gelatin (plain) in 3 tab. of cold water
add in order:
One cup mayo
one cup celery chopped fine
one tablespoon onion chopped fine
one fourth cup crab

Add all ingredients in order mixing and blending one at a time.
by Nel Lenox

Crab Cakes

1 pound Dungeness crab meat
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon dried mustard
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepped
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
2 lightly beaten eggs
1/2 small onion finely chopped
17 saltine crackers finely chopped
1/3 cup vegetable oil

Preheat over to 350 degrees.  Mix all ingredients gently, without breaking up crab meat.  Roll into small round  cakes and pan fry on oil.  Heat through in oven.

Voted number ONE crab cake recipe by the Crabs of Netarts Bay!!

Sue & Gordon Rhodes

                 Crab Stuffed Potatoes
4 med baking potatoes
½ cup butter
1cup sour cream
1 teasp salt
1/8 teasp back pepper
½ teasp paprika
1 6oz can crab (use fresh when available
4 cups (16oz) cheddar cheese
3 green onions (chopped)

Bake Potatoes until tender. Slice length wise, remove pulp to a mixing bowl, leaving potato skin.
Mash potatoes pulp sour cream, salt, pepper, butter, paprika until smooth.
Stir in crab meat, cheese onion and spoon into shells.
Bake 350 for 20 mins.
 
By Shirley Root
Tigard, Oregon

                                   Falvey’s BBQ’d Oysters

 ½ cup butter
Your favorite bbq sauce
1 lemon
 
Place oysters on bbq until shell opens.  Remove half of shell, leave oyster in the other half. Put pat of butter, squirt of lemon and 1 teaspoon bbq sauce on top of each oyster. Return to bbq, cook until boiling
 
By Jim Falvey

 

                 Clam Chowder
 
¼ lb thick bacon, diced
½ med onion diced
3 or 4 diced potatoes
3 stalks celery, diced
2 bottles clam juice
1cup clams (fresh) or 2 cans chopper
1 quart fat free half & half
1 4ooz package instant mashed potatoes
Butter

 Fry bacon until crisp. drain fat. Add chopped onions and celery. Cook until slightly soft.  Add clams, clam juice, diced potatoes. Simmer until soft. Remove from heat and add half & half, instant mashed potatoes and butter.

 Heat to desired time. If needed.

By Shirley Root
Tigard, OR