Grocery List for a CRAB BOIL

Every year for the past 8 years my husband and I have prepared a crab boil for some friends. We bought an 80 quart bucket and burner. Galvanized buckets and all the tools for eating some good crab. This is a grocery list for 8 people!

3 pounds Shrimp
4 pounds Crab Clusters, 16 clusters
1 dozen Green Mussels
1 pound Sausage Links
8 ears Corn (we like frozen, but can buy fresh and shucked)
1 large Onion, cut in fours*
1 Crab Boil Bag Seasoning*
3 Bay Leaves*
1 Garlic Bulb, cut in fours*
.75 ounces Fresh Dill Weed*
Fresh Parsley*
5 Lemons, cut in halves*
1 cup Salt*
3 tablespoon Pepper*
optional, 3 Jalapeno's, whole*
4 Sticks Butter, melt in crock-pot with a couple garlic cloves and dill weed
16 ounces Cocktail Sauce
2 Table covers that has paper on top and plastic on bottom
Newspaper for on top of  table covers
1 tall garage bag, goes on table under covers
1 black large garage bag, goes under where you pour Crab Boil
Seasoning:
2 tsp. Cayenne Pepper
2 tsp Smoked Paprika
2 tsp Chili Powder
2 tsp Turmeric
2 tsp Garlic Powder
2 tsp Onion Powder
2 tsp Salt
1 tsp Pepper
Place all in a shaker container.
Season everything before cooking and season everything after cooking!!!!
Fill pot half full.
Get Water to boil, add the seasonings. All marked *
Add Potatoes and return to boil and allow to cook 10 minutes.
Add Sausage, and Corn, return to boil cook 10 minutes.
Add Crab Clusters, cook 5 minutes
Add Shrimp and Mussels, cook until shrimp turns pink.
DRAIN and we dump everything into a 10 gallon galvanized bucket. No mess inside!
Time to eat!! YUMMY good

Sweet Hot Pickled Green Tomatoes

When it is to early to have ripened red tomatoes you can always pickle you some green tomatoes.
This recipe is for one jar.
1-16 oz Mason Jar
2 Green Tomatoes, cleaned, chopped
1/4 cup White Onion, chopped
1/2 chopped Jalapeno, optional, can use 1/4 tsp. Red Pepper Flakes
1/8 teaspoon Anise Seed
2 whole Cloves
1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
1/4 cup Sugar
1/2 cup White Vinegar
1 tablespoon Apple Cider Vinegar
1 teaspoon Sea Salt

Sterilize your mason jar. I fill the jar with water and place it in the microwave for 3 minutes. Place lid into a 3 cup bowl. After the 3 minutes remove jar from microwave with gloves, it is hot. Pour hot water over lid that is in bowl.
Chop, tomatoes, onion and jalapeno, place into the hot jar.
In a small saucepan, place both vinegar, sugar, salt, anise, cloves and nutmeg. Turn burners to low heat and stir until sugar and salt is dissolved.
When mixture comes to a low boil turn off heat. Slowly pour hot liquid into jar over the onion and green tomatoes. You may need to add just a little water to top off the jar. Remove lid carefully out of hot water and place the lid tightly on jar. Place the jar back into the hot water for 1 hour until all is cooled back to room temperature. After one hour remove from water and turn upside down in the refrigerator over night. Next day turn right side up and leave it there until ready to sample. Can keep in refrigerator unopened for 3 weeks. After opening 1 week, maybe longer but mine never last that long because I eat them.