Barrel Lunch: Crab Roll with Aioli and Pickled Cucumber
Crab Salad with Aioli is a starter on my menu for my friend's wedding
rehearsal dinner. Since I was only doing an experiment on this dish, I
bought Bumblebee canned crab to test the recipe...boy was that a
mistake. The crab meat is real. However, Bumblebee added preservatives
to keep the meat "fresh" and retain its "sea flavor". I could
definitely taste the difference between real fresh crab meat and
canned ones. Also, the texture of canned crab meat was too rubbery and
watery at the same time (that's the best way I can describe it...go
buy a can if you are curious). From my memory of eating fresh crab
meat...its rubbery texture is supposed to keep the water out of the
crab meat so it's dense and meaty inside (like scallop). The
disappointing flavor and texture of canned crab meat also overshadowed
the freshness of aioli I whisked. Back to the drawing board.
