Citations:she-crab

English citations of she-crab

citations of she-crab outside of the phrase she-crab soup

• 1991, William W. Freehling, The Road to Disunion: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854:, Oxford University Press (→ISBN)

  Beginning in the second decade of the nineteenth century, customers grew pickier about proffered fares. Prized hares and wild turkeys and she-crabs were a little too contemptuously disdained.

• 1998, A. D. Livingston, Shellfish Cookbook, Stackpole Books (→ISBN)

  Note that the orange sponge of eggs on the outside of the shell is not used, and sponge-bearing she-crabs are illegal to keep in some areas..

• 2000, Randall Duckett, Maryellen Duckett, 100 Secrets of the Carolina Coast, Thomas Nelson (→ISBN)

  The nightly menu is hard to predict. Appetizers may include sushi or perhaps a Cajun blue crab roll (crab with avocado), she-crab sherry soup, even tempura frogs' legs.

• 2004, Fred Thompson, Crazy for Crab: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Fabulous Crab at Home, Harvard Common Press (→ISBN)

  However, unless you are willing to steam your own blue she-crabs, called sooks, during the spring when they are full of pungent roe, you won't be able to savor the authentic flavor of this soup.

• 2012, Adam K Randle, Traditional Seafood Recipes: Well Trusted and Deliciously Tasty, Lulu Press, Inc (→ISBN), page 12:

  "She-crab" is much more of a delicacy than "he-crab", as the eggs add a special flavor to the soup. The Street vendors make a point of calling "she-crab" loudly and of charging extra for them.