Nothing like a good seasonal sort of food to remind a chef to cover his arms and stand away from the pan in front of him! What is he talking about? Soft shell crabs, those summer delights we enjoy, those pan frying bugs from all down the eastern sea coast that we devour only after cutting off their faces,tearing off the tail and eviscerating the lungs! Sure in my next life I will come back as a lobster or one of the many animals I have taken apart and be treated with such disregard, my luck I will come back a cockroach!
This first batch we had was rather lively and as I dismembered them they didn’t give a thought about snapping at me as I precariously snipped away at them! How do you eat them? Fried is best, I cover them with some flour and corn meal, serve them with a coleslaw or sometimes with a nice composed salad, or hell go retro and have them almondine! Just about anyway is good I think!