tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post3385551689533226083..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: In search of the ochidoreRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-78443690139451417312010-06-14T17:51:04.134-07:002010-06-14T17:51:04.134-07:00Of course there are blue crabs! For a while I cou...Of course there are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_crab" rel="nofollow">blue crabs</a>! For a while I could walk out on the step and whistle at em. Why they turn red when they are cooked is another question. I use to do some work on <a href="http://www.smithislandcruises.com/" rel="nofollow">Smith Island</a> in the Chesapeake. After doing some health care screening for a day, they would pay us in bushels of crabs. As a treat, we could watch one of the islanders "pick" a crab in less time than it took me to write this. Smith Island also has a <a href="http://www.travelbeat.net/sailing/images/Smith.cakephoto.jpg" rel="nofollow">Smith Island Cake</a>. Mostly for chocolate lovers.<br><br>Of interest is that when I visited there it was a theocracy. The local Methodist preacher was also mayor, police chief and, probably, Judge.Dr. Cnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-47006346078591411652010-06-14T20:11:59.881-07:002010-06-14T20:11:59.881-07:00Smith Island CakeI just Googled the recipe / const...<i>Smith Island Cake</i><br><br>I just Googled the recipe / construction. Sometimes "filled with crushed candy bars"? It makes my teeth, arteries and pancreas hurt just to look at.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.com