Christmas is about Death or It is better to be at the top of the Food Chain.

So.  Crab Bisque.  It is sort of a new favorite.  We have always done the Christmas Eve in a big way.  Big Beef, Big Crown Roast, big Lamb and one year I decided Crab bisque was the thing to make. Don't ask me why, it just seemed right.  

Secretly I love when we have some sort of soup so we can properly adore the Soup Tureen.  It is a great soup tureen.  Not your ordinary one., It is worthy of it's own  blog post.

But back to death to creatures in honor of Christmas Eve.

So Crab Bisque.  It requires crabs, lots of crabs. They must be cooked, cracked, shelled, then there is much to do with chopping and boiling and then there is straining, and so forth and so on.  After a couple of hours of intense work and cooking a small amount of stock is produced.  It is pretty unremarkable but it is there. 

It is then reheated, cream and bread crumbs are added and cooked some more.  Finally crab is added and it is served.  It is heaven in a bowl and worth all the work, all the running round town for the right crabs.  They  must not be cooked a few days before or even the day before.  They must be cooked that day.  If they are  not located, then Murder is required.

Today there was death and mayhem.  I even felt bad about it.  I don't usually feel bad about dumping spider like creatures into hot boiling water but today I did. 

 I should not have named them, taken their pictures and then talked with them.  I should have taken them out to Golden Gardens and set them free.  I could then have gone and purchased two cans of soup, cream of asparagus and cream of mushroom.  Added some sherry, half and half and then some canned crab. 

Lets put it this way.  It is good to be a the top of the food chain.