Distinctive crab cakes...

....again, I am a little late to post (and I keep tweaking) to http://dversepoets.com    busy taking care of grand kids over the weekend...plus, I'm slow...but the practice is helpful.  Everyone wrote about food in one form or another and the poems are delicious if you want to read them...although mine won't be among them.   We will be off on another topic and more brilliant offerings by the team there, so why not stop over for a visit?:  ;)

In shadowing depths of the sea
where no man has been before                                                                                         
live the Native Alaskan King crab 
their habitat 'til ..
..nets lift them ashore

Oft' claimed by many a restaurateur
to make the world's best crab cakes 
from the banks of South Carolina 
to the Costa del Sol...
..allow me to tell you what this cook makes:

Crab cakes should be mostly ribbons 
and chunks of fresh crab leg meat
mixed with bread crumbs and 2 eggs to begin 
Adding cilantro, big pinches of thyme, rosemary..
Saffron, a generous pinch a treat

Cayenne and turmeric for added flavor
Add 1 1/2 cup of silky mayonnaise
Include finely chopped white onion 
multi-colored peppers the same...
to awaken sleepy taste buds from their daze

Crispy on the outside and hmmm - buttery on the inside
suffused with a generous helping of smooth sherry
Shape like nests, then dip in hot virgin olive oil
full bodied texture yet with the lightness
of angel hair to marry

The distinctive aroma transforms a sometimes 
hectic time into a blissful warm atmosphere 
enticing appetites to new life
Slicing lemons to the side...a languishing 
mood in the kitchen..enjoy a stout beer..

Serve with coleslaw, Chardonnay, and a smile
Present with fresh baked bread and butter
a stylish corn on the cob and I'll take all bets
the finished intertwined crab rosettes
deserve a hand of applause  

The meal a perfectly satisfying whole
Abiding an edge of a delicate quintessence
Wild sensations exude while eating
..some claim, a new climactic lease on life
Classy and sensual, above all the rest

Believed to appease the pickiest of tasters
considered loveliest of feasts
these melt in your mouth sublime crab cakes
will fill your soul with song...scents of
orchids and myrrh...
..which leads one to fall directly to sleep..

by klr