Treasure of a different kind

[CASPER-2]

I got into cooking in the early 2000's - Ive always created my own recipes
The one thing I always wanted to create was stuffed mushrooms. Most restaurants
make them with crab meat - I got sick on them a couple of times - Im not allergic
but think it was just bad crab that being said I decided to try making them with something else.
I created my own stuffing with chunks of lobster, bay scallops and shrimp.
I put diced sweet red pepper, diced red (purple) onion, sliced celery, and rasped carrot
makes them very colorful as well as tasty. I would top with slice of lemon and sprinkle a little dried spinach and some dill. I first stuffed large portabella mushrooms and baked in a little bit of wine
Voila.. a culinary treasure.
Im from Ma. - live about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs from the seashore. There was a period pf time when I was hitting down in Rhode Island waters every weekend. I started finding tons of large quahog shells at low tide
and remembered as a kid my parents would collect the good ones and use to make baked stuffed clams.
I decided to try doing the same with my recipe. Worked like a charm. Clam shell is like porcelain.
Great to cook in - strong and dishwasher safe.
I have bout 100 shells - I try and get the big ones to use but you can choose your size. I brought mid size ones into work and the guys would grab 3 or 4 of them so i would try and get big ones and load them so
there'd be enough to go around - they went over big.
If I lived closer I would collect 100s and try to sell them for cooking online...If you live close and wanted to make a few
extra bucks this could be something to think about - maybe as something for your wife or maybe your kids to do. Just a thought

 

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[CASPER-2]

I got into cooking in the early 2000's - Ive always created my own recipes
The one thing I always wanted to create was stuffed mushrooms. Most restaurants
make them with crab meat - I got sick on them a couple of times - Im not allergic
but think it was just bad crab that being said I decided to try making them with something else.
I created my own stuffing with chunks of lobster, bay scallops and shrimp.
I put diced sweet red pepper, diced red (purple) onion, sliced celery, and rasped carrot
makes them very colorful as well as tasty. I would top with slice of lemon and sprinkle a little dried spinach and some dill. I first stuffed large portabella mushrooms and baked in a little bit of wine
Voila.. a culinary treasure.
Im from Ma. - live about 1 1/2 to 2 hrs from the seashore. There was a period pf time when I was hitting down in Rhode Island waters every weekend. I started finding tons of large quahog shells at low tide
and remembered as a kid my parents would collect the good ones and use to make baked stuffed clams.
I decided to try doing the same with my recipe. Worked like a charm. Clam shell is like porcelain.
Great to cook in - strong and dishwasher safe.
I have bout 100 shells - I try and get the big ones to use but you can choose your size. I brought mid size ones into work and the guys would grab 3 or 4 of them so i would try and get big ones and load them so
there'd be enough to go around - they went over big.
If I lived closer I would collect 100s and try to sell them for cooking online...If you live close and wanted to make a few
extra bucks this could be something to think about - maybe as something for your wife or maybe your kids to do. Just a thought
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These are the first huge portabellas i made with my stuffing

 

[CASPER-2]

You could serve lobster mac and cheese in these and a number of other things Im sure
if you wanted to do something different for a party
You could serve cold seafood salad or octopus salad etc.
They are reusable or if you live real close and have unlimited supply you could just throw away after
I reuse my real nice ones over and over

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Man they look good, and I love seafood.

 

[robertk]

Those look great. Now I'm hungry. Or hungrier. 😋

 

[Sand Swinger]

These are the first huge portabellas i made with my stuffing
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Just showed the pics to the wife, she loves mushrooms.

I don't do mushrooms, I don't eat fungus or anything from the amoeba family, lol.

 

[russau]

I'm going to try to make some this Memorial Day ! Your's look mighty tasty !

 

[CASPER-2]

I'm going to try to make some this Memorial Day ! Your's look mighty tasty !

To help make it easier -
the stuffing - if you have your own home made recipe - great
if i have to make a big amount and pressed for time = I use Stove top Savory Herb flavor
for Thanks giving i will make a huge casserole dish - 3 boxes for my family
I use larger shrimp, bigger scallops (not too big) (huge scallops arent real scallops)
and larger chunks of lobster...theres always a battle for the left overs

 

[CASPER-2]

To help make it easier -
the stuffing - if you have your own home made recipe - great
if i have to make a big amount and pressed for time = I use Stove top Savory Herb flavor
for Thanks giving i will make a huge casserole dish - 3 boxes for my family
I use larger shrimp, bigger scallops (not too big) (huge scallops arent real scallops)
and larger chunks of lobster...theres always a battle for the left overs

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[CASPER-2]

 

[CASPER-2]

I'm going to try to make some this Memorial Day ! Your's look mighty tasty !

ingredients arent written in stone
put in what you like- if lobster too expensive...get some langistinos
still good - some friends will put tabasco on them= I like extra lemon and will use one of those squirt plastic lemons

 

[WaterWalker]

Just one more reason, other than detecting skill, that we admire your talents. We just finished up the last of the latest brew of fish stew we made. Enjoy your new hobby.

 

[Sand Swinger]

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OK Casper, now my stomach is growling and I'm getting hungry, lol.

I don't do mushrooms, but I certainly do stuffing. My wife can put your stuffing on her mushrooms, I'll find something else to put the stuffing on or just eat it by itself. Wife and I both love shrimp, lobster, scallops, MD blue crab, so I guess you could say that I'm on a seafood diet, because I see food and eat it, lol.

I'll print out your recipe and ask the wife to give it a whirl. She has several recipes that she's come up with that I absolutely love and wolf down every time she makes them. I call them her concoctions, but the recipes she's come up with are crazy good, so I'd love for her to give your recipe a try.

 

[CASPER-2]

Just one more reason, other than detecting skill, that we admire your talents. We just finished up the last of the latest brew of fish stew we made. Enjoy your new hobby.

Cooking isnt a new hobby for me - Ive never dated or been married to a woman that could actually
cook. Most only cook do desserts. I heard some of them do now but when they were younger they
couldnt even boil water. I could tell you stories
As a kid i had jobs early and missed dinners with the family and my father would not let
my mother make me anything special so i would have to fend for myself - simple stuff at first ...mac &
cheese, spaghetti etc. Eventually i would add meats and vegetables. I really started getting into
coming up with own recipes about 2001. Im known around mostly for my jambalaya and
camarao a casa which is Portuguese spicy shrimp. My jambalaya was so good ive been asked
to parties of people that i normally would not just so i could make it. I used to bring in large servings of it to
work now and then and easily serve 50+ bowls during some nights. I used to do that with other
experiments also. Many people told me to open a restaurant. Other things i created were a zuppa de pesce
(seafood stew) (shrimp, scallops, clams, mussels and swordfish) - my own lasagna (sweet ground sausage, ground turkey, shredded pepperoni on top)-
I made a creamy seafood chowder with clams, small scallops and small shrimp I then made one Manhattan style with a red broth. I like doing stuff with cod. Cod and grouper are my fav fish.

 

[cudamark]

I think I've gained a few pounds just reading this thread!