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How to pick meat from a crab

Fancy eating some crab? Got a mallet, a knife and some brown paper handy? Then you are ready to learn how to prise some meat from these tasty crustaceans. Watch this video for some tips and tricks on crab picking! This video was filmed at Suicide Bridge Restaurant in Maryland, USA./n

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How to make a Sourtoe cocktail

Established in 1973, the Sourtoe Cocktail has become a Dawson City tradition. The original rules were that the toe must be placed in a beer glass full of champagne, and that the toe must touch the drinker's lips during the consumtion of the alcohol before he or she can claim to be a true Sourtoer. The rules have changed in the past twenty-seven years. The Sourtoe can be had with any drink now (even ones that aren't alcoholic), but one rule remains the same. The drinker's lips must touch the toe. " You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow-- But the lips have gotta touch the toe." The Sourtoes are actual human toes that have been dehydrated and preserved in salt. Swallowing one is not suggested./n

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Foraging and cooking mushrooms in New Brunswick, Canada

New Brunswick in Canada has a proud culinary tradition. If they are not sucking on a succulent lobster from the Bay of Fundy, they are catching and cooking an atlantic salmon from the Miramichi river./nHowever, not all of the regions finest food comes from the water. If you like to forage for your food, the countryside is akin to a giant natural supermarket. Chefs in New Brunswick often know how to make the most of this, going out into the wild to see what fruits the forest have to offer and adding it to their menu./nIn this video Chris Aerni from the Rossmount Inn, St Andrews by the Sea takes a journey through the New Brunswick foliage to hunt for some of the finest wild mushrooms you could hope to find, and then he uses his cooking skills to make a delicious meal./nThe mushrooms used in this meal are:/nChanterelles - wild mushrooms with a bright orangey colour /nPorcini - mushrooms are a famous, and delicious, addition in Italian cuisine. Due to their strong nutty flavor, this is an incredibly popular gourmet mushroom. /nOrange latex milky - commonly known as saffron milk-cap, red pine mushroom, or simply pine mushroom in English)/nShiitake - an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which Chris has cultivated in New Brunswick/n

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