Week 10 = A Confession

Before I make my confession, I want to say that I think the crab and corn choice was inspired. First, you have crab. Delicious. Add corn. Delicious again. And when you think about the number of times I have to come up with something for either New England or Indianapolis, corn and crab soup is pretty ingenious.

And if my soup really was corn and crab, we could be done already.

Crab is surprisingly hard to find in the fall in Chicago. Rob said, "Go to Mariano's," but I'm not drinking the Kool-Aid on that one just yet. Everyone acts like Mariano's is the second coming. Yes they almost always have what I'm looking for, but I was closer to Jewel and I'm not going all over town for Sunday night dinner.

Unfortunately, Jewel did not have any crab legs. I could have bought a can of the good stuff - $24.99 for 16 ounces when I only needed 8. No way - I'm too cheap for that. And I wasn't going to buy Chicken of the Sea. I'm too much of a snob for that.

So what's the solution? Fake Crab!!! I don't care what anyone says, I like it. Just not for cooking.

At least it's pretty, right?

Actually, it didn't suck. I bet the recipe would be great with the real crab in it. I encourage everyone to give it a shot. You can find the recipe at Kitchen Confidante.