On Archimedes Street (43 page)

Authors: Jefferson Parrish

BOOK: On Archimedes Street

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For the salad:

2 lbs of premium white lump crabmeat
Rind of one lemon, finely zested with no bitter pith
¼ tsp finely chopped parsley
¼ tsp of finely diced dry capers
A spring onion (scallion), including one quarter of the green top, finely chopped.
Minced chives, for garnish (optional)

Into the egg yolk, whisk all the ingredients for the mayonnaise except the oil for about two minutes, until the yolk is sticky and bright yellow. Take ¼ cup of the oil and, using a teaspoon, whisk to incorporate into the yolk, drop by drop. When the oil is fully suspended in the yolk, add the remaining ½ cup of oil in a thin stream, whisking all the time.

Pick over the crab and remove any shell fragments. Using a spatula, gently fold the crab and the remaining ingredients into the mayonnaise. Do not overwork the crabmeat. Serve over avocado or tomatoes if in season, and garnish with the optional chives.

Oysters and Spaghetti Elwood

Berl up some water for the spaghetts, an’ salt. In the meantime, drain the ersters an’ save the juice. Gotta use unwash’ ersters, natural. If dey wash’, dey taste of nothin’, an’ you might as well use swimps instead. Pat the ersters dry an’ season wit’ two peppers—red an’ black. Den roll in flour, den beat-up egg, den breadcrumb. Fry up in a little erl ’til brown. Not deep fry. Jes’ a waste of erl. T’row green onion an’ prassley in enudder pan wit’ some olive erl—not a lot—an’ wilt. Den white wine ’til it dry up, den the erster juice, ’til it make like kinda a sauce. Put the sauce on the spaghetts an’ put the ersters on top. Soive wit’ orange slice wit’ erl an’ vinegah.

Good for when dere’s jes’ two of you an’ somethin’ might be goin’ on.

About the Author

J
EFFERSON
P
ARRISH
toils in the San Francisco Bay Area as a technical editor, loves to cook, and feels fortunate to have spent his formative years in New Orleans. He shares his life with Kevin, his partner of twenty years, who loves to garden. He grew up surrounded by the likes of Lotte LaNasa, the character he holds closest to his heart.

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