ah culinary disaster

Summer is here and my favorite past time is eating soft shell crabs. They are my favorite thing to eat they are sweet, salty, and remind of summers past. This past weekend I prepared 4 soft shell crabs. I cleaned them and wanted to saute them in butter and finish off with some lemon. The dish was transformed to a tempura style dish. My mistake was the batter was too loose and did not adhere to the crab. Second when the crab were done frying, I aggressively seasoned them with a mixture of allspice and seasoning salt. This made the crabs very salty to the point of being inedible. I was really upset with myself, my mother noted to me that crabs are already salty so you have to be light on the seasoning. I forgot this this fundamental part in preparing them, and the oil I was frying them in was turning dark. So it added a burnt acrid flavor to it. Next time I will redo this dish, but add a culinary twist to it.