Day Two Hundred and Fifty Two - Crab Cakes

Dear all,

The nights are closing in and I decided to find some inner warmth by cooking up some crab cakes as a late night, experimental snack. Darren agreed to sample a couple so I set to work immediately.

I used a recipe I had found online from a website entitled, 'Taste of Home' - sounded hopeful.

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Easy-Crab-Cakes. I started off with a couple of tins (didn't have to time to go fishing today) of Crab Meat and added the list of ingredients one by one.

• 2 cans (6 ounces each) crabmeat, drained, flaked and cartilage removed
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs, divided
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1/4 cup finely chopped green onions
• 1/4 cup finely chopped sweet red pepper
• 1/4 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter

I was a little concerned after everything had been assembled as [to be honest] it looked like vomit.. but I held my breath, shaped the mixture into balls and rolled them all in a crafty disguise - bread crumbs! Darren was blissful ignorant to what was going on, working away in the corner.

The recipe called for frying the crab cakes in butter so I lobbed a good chunk of Lactania's finest into the pan and started cooking up the patties.

Despite being initially [very] concerned about the crab cakes, they turned out great! I slipped one in beside Darren at his desk and before I knew it, he had turned around and asked for two more! A success! I put it down to the generous dose of Cayenne and full fat butter but needless to say, a new snack for the winter!