topic Re: Calabash Seafood in Recipes

Calabash NC Seafood

Barbarainnc — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 13:18:07 GMT

I love Calabash seafood. It originated in Calabash, NC. Been looking into how to prepare it. It is not battered or uses spices. This is what I found out. Take fresh seafood, dip in evaporated milk, then dredge in self-rising flour, sorta shake off the excess flour. Deep Fat Fry in hot oil, one restaurant uses lard. That's pretty much it. It just has a light crispy coating. So I fried some shrimp and flounder today. When it came outta the oil, I sprinkled on some salt. It was really good and yummy. I used my Fry Daddy that has a preset temperature of 375*. Fried til it was GBD. Golden Brown Delicious. Best seafood.😊❤😊

Re: Calabash Seafood

SXMGirl — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 00:37:10 GMT

@Barbarainnc Thanks for this! I have not been to Calabash in many years, but it was my favorite place for seafood. I used to drive two hours for dinner just for the shrimp and hush puppies!

Re: Calabash Seafood

Barbarainnc — Wed, 17 Jul 2019 02:29:34 GMT

Yeah I'm 2 hours away too. Lots of people drive 2 hours to the beach to eat, then 2 hours back.Now I can save a trip and $$, just to eat seafood. I can cook it myself😊❤😊

Re: Calabash NC Seafood

ECBG — Sun, 21 Jul 2019 19:11:20 GMT

We loved to eat one night at Calabash when we stayed at Holden's Beach, just 40 minutes away.

After dinner, we's go to Callahan's Gift Shop! I got my hand painted unusual Christmas china there!

Re: Calabash Seafood

ECBG — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 01:21:31 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
@Barbarainnc Thanks for this! I have not been to Calabash in many years, but it was my favorite place for seafood. I used to drive two hours for dinner just for the shrimp and hush puppies!

@SXMGirl @Barbarainnc OM!!!!! I bet we were at Callahagins Gift Shop together!!!

Re: Calabash Seafood

SXMGirl — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 01:52:25 GMT

@ECBG I am sure that we were!

Re: Calabash Seafood

ECBG — Sat, 27 Jul 2019 02:07:06 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
@ECBG I am sure that we were!

@SXMGirl Remember the Christmas Shop!!!!!

I got my Christmas china there! Perfect with my antiques!!!