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Looking for some fun ideas to commemorate the unoffical end of the summer?  Food Network has some tips and videos that could help get you inspired.  I viewed the Maryland crab boil video and was almost inspired to give it a try.  Almost inspired.  I would have to purchase a boil thing (I’m sure the “thing” has a name but they never said what it was.)  Then I would have to buy a bunch of crabs alive (I don’t really eat seafood so I have no idea where to buy live crabs.  The docks maybe?  Anyone know where the docks are in Southern California?) 

If you do know this crucial information, and have the necessary equipment, a big crab boil looked pretty easy.  Take all those beautiful live crabs you bought from the docks, or your fish monger, or wherever (can you tell I have no idea what I’m talking about when it comes to seafood?) and put them in a huge pot of boiling water with beer and Old Bay.  Old Bay is very important.  They mention it about twenty times in the span of thirty seconds. 

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