Nothing Like Walnut Beach Crabs & NFL Football The Day After a Snow Storm in Connecticut

Actually, they were air-fried raviolis, but artist-friend and musician, LEO, turned them into crab cakes (mine looked more like War of the Worlds spaceships with legs).

We had delicious Gouda Triscuits, roasted nuts, an incredible vegetable and steak pie, and air-fried raviolis (which did their best to run from the house back to the beach to get back in the water, no matter if it was cold or not). I think only a couple of them made it.

I tried to go another day of not working on University items, but I couldn't avoid another day and had to go in during the morning to get books I left and to bring other items that were in my trunk (and have been for a week). This morning needs to be a productive day, as the Tuesday we return is loaded with meetings all the way up until I teach in the afternoon. It would be okay if meetings accomplished anything, but 25+ years of being part of them, I can honestly say that 99.9% of them could be handled in a bulleted list and email.

Ah, but we're humans and we have careers.

What's interesting about Milford Ravioli crabs is how easy it is for them to tuck their legs under their hard shells on an aluminum tray. You only catch some of them moving when needing a space to reposition themselves or, at least in the case above, when they are sprinting to reach the front door so they can run in hopes of sand.

I haven't tried the soft shell crabs, however - only the hard-shell ones with toothpick legs (designed, again, by Leo).

It would be so cool if they were able to spit out webs made of whip cream or cotton candy. We will have to work on that.

That beef stew pie, though. Phew. That easily can be  a staple during the winter months. Absolutely delicious and perfect for back-to-back NFL playoff games.

I have to say, though...football is much more interesting to watch when the score is close and both teams are playing hard to make it interesting. They do get huge crowds, however. All that money spent to sit outside in the cold when they could be dining on Walnut Beach Crabs in Milford. I think we won. We were warmer.