Extra crabmeat, need recipes

[Aerows]

I have some extra crabmeat, and would love suggestions for what I can use to extend it's life without wasting it. Something I can freeze or use in a sauce.

If you have a baking recipe, that would be great, too. It's already boiled and I peeled it because I didn't want it to go bad.

[pinto]

1. crab ravioli?

I cheat and make simple ravioli using cooked sheets of lasagna. While lasagna is still supple, set dollops of filling spaced along a bottom strip, covered with another strip of lasagna on top, then cut in squares and fork sealed as tight as possible around all the edges. They freeze well and are quick to reheat with a dip in boiling water or simmered in a sauce.

Suggest a blend of the cooked crab meat with sour cream, black pepper and dill to taste. Would go well with a white sauce I think. Have fun.

[Warpy]

2. MMM, crab stuffed mushrooms.

http://southernfood.about.com/od/stuffedmushrooms/r/bl51227f.htm

[maddezmom]

4. Yummy

you can also stuff zucchini. Or make a tomato bisque with crab meat and you can freeze it.

[Aerows]

6. Tomato Bisque is where I went

This was a fantastic suggestion, and ... YUM.

[applegrove]

3. Crabmeat is excellent at extending canned lobster. You mix the crab meat and lobster

together, add mayo and celery, and serve on white bread.

[Aerows]

5. Sounds good, but I'm not sure what canned lobster is

I'm from the South so we may have some different recipes, and I apologize I have no idea what you would do with lobster or crab in such circumstances

It sounds like tuna salad, is that correct?

[applegrove]

7. People of British descent often had lobster sandwiches (or cucumber sandwiches) at

tea parties. You used to cut the crusts off the bread once you had the lobster/crab mix inside. Then you slice it into two or four triangles. Fill up a serving place. Serve. (like all party food the crustless style is just so you can maximize the fat/taste content). Lobste,r in a can can be very expensive that is why I have extended it with crab meat (plus the lobster meat is really so rich). You can get lobster in a can in the frozen section of the stores here. Nowadays they have it in plastic containors too. It is a british thing, and for those of us who had anglophile grandparents, they picked up on the British traditions until quite recently. I don't think lobster was considered a luxury food until well into the 20th century. I have many Maritime Canadian relatives and they all have a story of the kids of lobster fishermen eating lobster sandwiches for lunch every day and acting like it was a drag. For cucumber sandwiches you slice the cucumber thin and press it overnight (put cuke slices in layers with paper towels and top with a heavy can to press the water out). The morning of you butter the sandwich bread (usually white) with mayo, lay on cuke slices, and salt and pepper to taste. Then slice the crusts off those and cut it into two or four triangles.