tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post115293275295145735..comments2024-01-16T17:40:13.951-05:00Comments on Somewhere in NJ: Crabbing on the Swimming RiverLauraHinNJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1153020757184509302006-07-15T22:32:00.000-05:002006-07-15T22:32:00.000-05:00mojoman: I've not read that book, but would like t...mojoman: I've not read that book, but would like to soon. I heard an interview with the author on NPR a while back and the book sounds interesting.<BR/><BR/>I do think that people are clueless about where their food comes from and many like it that way! Think of the cattle industry or chicken *processing* plants, etc. - much easier to pick up your cellophane wrapped meat in the market than think about where it comes from. No guilty conscience that way.<BR/><BR/>Does he talk about "eating locally" in that book, do you know?LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1153016627803982672006-07-15T21:23:00.000-05:002006-07-15T21:23:00.000-05:00Tim: A clambake sounds great - ever done that on ...Tim: A clambake sounds great - ever done that on the beach?<BR/><BR/>Aloe vera is cooling me off.<BR/><BR/>;-)<BR/><BR/>Sharon: that cold black tea in a spray bottle sounds like a great idea - I'll need someone to spray me down, though cause the burn is all on my back parts.<BR/><BR/>Just realized looking at that crab pic that it has only one claw - wonder how he lost the other?<BR/><BR/>Susan: I'm not much interested in the crab myself, but like the crabbing! Fun to be out and get all fishy-smelling. ;-) I've tried to convince my DH to go to a different spot that has more birds and less car traffic, but it's a no go.LauraHinNJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08329387562570495570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1153016573116921252006-07-15T21:22:00.000-05:002006-07-15T21:22:00.000-05:00Does your MIL get them all, or do you eat them, to...Does your MIL get them all, or do you eat them, too? It's a good thing when people get to see where their food really comes from. This makes me think of Michael Pollan's new book: "The Omnivores Dilemma." I haven't read it yet, but I think one of the things he talks about is how we have become so removed from the sources of our food that we don't value and appreciate the natural systems that sustain us.MojoManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11283343683800473324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1153012561558265502006-07-15T20:16:00.000-05:002006-07-15T20:16:00.000-05:00I'm not much of a shellfish fan (since age 8 when ...I'm not much of a shellfish fan (since age 8 when my dad showed us how to cook lobster in Maine) but it sounds like fun to go crabbing!<BR/>Poor sunburned Laura...what are you thinking, carrying that pale skin of yours out into the sun? Sending you cool thoughts and aloe dreams!<BR/>:-)Susan Gets Nativehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00216170589750418861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1152995223021359532006-07-15T15:27:00.000-05:002006-07-15T15:27:00.000-05:00I've had serious sunburn in my youth, and my gene ...I've had serious sunburn in my youth, and my gene pool is from far northern latitudes so I land between crimson and scarlet. Plantain to the rescue! If you can still bend your knees, find bunches of it, wash leaves well and juice in a blender. Apply the cool goop to burned skin. If you recognize agrimony it can be used also, separately or the two together. If you're already unbendable, brew the strongest black tea you can and apply it cold from a spray bottle. Tea's tannins soothe and heal burned skin. BFE Rescue Remedy will help any of the above to work more immediately and effectively. BurnyBooBoo Juice :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1152982181728778932006-07-15T11:49:00.000-05:002006-07-15T11:49:00.000-05:00I love crabbing. We haven't been since July last ...I love crabbing. We haven't been since July last year when we spent a weekend at Sandbridge.<BR/><BR/>Sounds like you had a fun day - sorry about the sunburn. Yee-ouch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1152973907866616292006-07-15T09:31:00.000-05:002006-07-15T09:31:00.000-05:00yep, Pam is right, aloe vera is the ticket! What ...yep, Pam is right, aloe vera is the ticket! What I hate is the bra strap on a sunburn - big ouch!<BR/><BR/>thanks for the instruction on crabbing-important not to get pinched! Your hubby has a great technique, there.Taradharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17665801586196931603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1152943487666462732006-07-15T01:04:00.000-05:002006-07-15T01:04:00.000-05:00Sounds like you had a great "hookey" day. Sorry ab...Sounds like you had a great "hookey" day. Sorry about the sunburn - slather on that soothing aloe vera. I hope your husband's mom is generous and shares the bounty with her hardworking DIL.Pam in Tucsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10030449989883826414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18784445.post-1152936626129497642006-07-14T23:10:00.000-05:002006-07-14T23:10:00.000-05:00I am green with envy. I feasted on crab at The Ta...I am green with envy. I feasted on crab at The Tap Room in Chesepeake City last month when on the Delmarva Peninsula for my 20th HS Reunion, but its has been an age since I went crabbing. Baystaters ignore out perfectly decent blue crabs and go straight for the lobstah and steamers. The kids and I plan a clam bake in a couple of weeks, though, and I can get some blue crabs I'll add them to the pile.GreenmanTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469571893477173508noreply@blogger.com