So today, surprise surprise it was raining again. So we started off with a lazy morning but decided to take a drive. We stopped at the local thrift store here in Pacific City first. It is run by the local library society. The county pays for the librarians and the books and the thrift store pays for everything else. We found a small soap dish that I can put my dishwashing wand in and it won’t leak all over the counter. I also found a small personal air conditioner for my dad, that will hopefully keep him cooler in the summer. Also found a little furelimnator for the dog. I was thinking that it would help us trim up Lukie’s feet and his backside as those are the spots that grow unruly first and should help keep him a little cleaner. One of the ladies that worked at the thrift store knew where Yahk was because her father lived there when he was younger.
We then headed up the coast and went as far north as Wheeler. This is a small town on Tillamook Bay. We stopped at one of the little marinas that will rent you boats and crab traps. You can either go out into the bay or even catch them right off the dock. Or you can just buy a crab, they weigh it, cook it, clean it and bag it up for you to take home. The whole process takes about 1/2 hour. Kelly’s marina has excellent crab, would definitely recommend them.
This is the crab cooking area. They do have picnic tables set up if you want to eat it right away. There was also a large number of cats who seem to enjoy washing the tables after people have eaten their crab.
The girl pulled one out of the water, weighs it in the large pot. Has to put the crab in upside down otherwise its claws get in the way.
She then put the crab into a large plastic bag, tags it and right everything down on this metal slab so you can go inside and pay for it.
Then into the large pot of boiling water it goes.
After it is cooked, they bring it out, put it in some cold running water to cool it down a bit. They crack off the top shell, pull all the guts out of it, rinse it off with a spray washer and put it into a plastic bag to take home. They didn’t put it on ice because we didn’t have a long way to travel.
So I got it home, cracked it all down, got rid of the shells and then made dinner. I cooked our rib eyes in the air fryer. It actually works really well, three minutes on each side and they come out medium rare. No fuss, no muss and Len doesn’t have to stand outside in the rain barbecuing. I warmed the crab in a little garlic butter and had it with my twice backed potato. Len had mushrooms instead of the crab, he prefers lobster. Oh well to each his own. I have enough left to make some crab spaghetti, maybe tomorrow.
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