Cold salad as the season ends.
Rigatoni cooked and cooled, or Cheese baby tortellini, [kids call them belly buttons]
2 bags frozen mixed vegetables, broccoli, collie flower bean mixture defrosted.
one can light pink kidney beans
one can garbanzo beans
What ever else you enjoy zucchini or yellow squash chopped fine, grape tomatoes quartered canned mushrooms
One cup mayo or salad dressing and a bit less then half a cup ketchup
Mix everything up and refrigerate for about 4-6 hours
Now to make the shrimp, place cooked shrimp any size in a flat glass baking pan, add I bottle Italian dressing and one half bottle fat free Italian dressing, cover and refrigerate over night.
Place salad on large flat serving tray, drain shrimp and place around salad.
Coconut shrimp, in double broiler melt real salted butter, add 1/4 cup real maple syrup and half cup shredded coconut. Cook for about 15 minutes or so.
Cool the mixture then roll cooked large shrimp in mixture set on rack to drain. Place coated shrimp in fridge for an hour or so then place under broiler in the stove for 4-5 minutes.
Scallops. if frozen defrost, then wrap in paper towells to absorb excess moisture.
In double broiler melt butter and Ritz crackers that have been crushed to a bread crumb consistency. add a table spoon of Old Bay to the mixture.
Place scallops in baking dish squeeze a whole lemon over the top,cover with the cracker dressing and bake at 425 for about 15 minutes depending on size and kind of Scallops a bit longer for the biggies.
When I stuff lobster I use chicken stuffing mix with a bit of old Bay and a small amount of the Ritz cracker mix
Fried clams from scratch, buy the raw clams, place in a tub of cold water and add a cup or so of of corn flower or meal. The corn meal will enter the clams as they soak and remove any sand or mud from their intestine's trick I was taught in Gloucester Mass, the bellies will be grit free.
I soak and change the water and meal every 6 hours for at least 24 hours or longer. The bellies will be pink with no grit and delicious. Oysters also have a delightfull fresh taste with this method.
Who was it said to never eat Calamari at a Brit.?