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This, pretty gruesome, jar is the result of a day spent beach combing. Those are tiny crabs we use in papaya salads, we crush them into the salad and they form a seafood sauce that flavours the salad. In cases like this, when I've collected too many to use immediately, I preserve them like this in fish sauce. The saltiness of the sauce will keep them for months.
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Comments (4)
Wow Appon,
this is a real creepy recipe... How do you kill them? They just naturally die in the fish sauce or? Looks cool, though (in a weird way :)
[Appon] I let them rinse for a day in water, then put them in the fridge. The cold seems to put them to sleep before putting them in the jar.
Posted by zlamushka | September 19, 2007 3:14 PM
Posted on September 19, 2007 15:14
Wow, would they not get a bit claustrophobic in there? Surely having so many crabs in one jar can't be good for their health.
[Appon]
I don't imagine pounding them to a pulp to make make papaya salad is any better for them! :)
Posted by Trig | September 22, 2007 7:16 PM
Posted on September 22, 2007 19:16
That must make a really tasty and flavorful dressing. Do you soak the crabs completely in fish sauce or is it proportioned with water?
[Appon] No it's 100% fish sauce.
Posted by lance | September 24, 2007 7:41 PM
Posted on September 24, 2007 19:41
Yikes! I don't think I would even be able to put those in the jar knowing they were slowly dying...I would freak, pull them out and rinse them off activist style!
Posted by meeso | October 7, 2007 6:59 PM
Posted on October 7, 2007 18:59