Appetizers part 2 - the holidaze.....

Well, that was fast!   Christmas snuck up on us and disappeared just like that.    Not only did it leave us with good memories of family, friends, celebrating etc.....    It also left us with overstuffed bellies.     The Christmas holidays are my favorite eating holidays.    Everyone you visit, puts out all kinds of food.    Trays of cheeses, meats, pickles, egg rolls, spring rolls, pate, SHRIMP, smoked oysters, cookies.....the list goes on and on.    Of course, after we have gorged ourselves into a sleepy state of wintry holiday stuff-ed-ness, and plop ourselves onto the couch .....out comes the turkey.    Are we full?   Yes, but Christmas turkey trumps all and we shovel that in too, washed down with a nice warm mug of gravy.    zzzzzzzzzzz.....zzzzz....zzzzzz.....

This year, my cool awesome sister Kirsten came home for Christmas from Sweden, and brought me some goodies that I have to share with you all.    Kirsten thought I might have fun with a little foreign food.......although the ingredients aren't really foreign, the delivery system is.

As I unwrapped my present, like a giddy little kid......I was in complete awe at what lied before me.
Tube Food!!    Yup.....that's right , Tube food.    Like how when you were a kid and someone said "astronauts eat food from a tube", and you thought they were full of shit.

4 Tubes in all
 First one.....Shrimp in a tube.    Holy crap!   I love shrimp!   Now I love tube shrimp!
 Second.......Lobster and Crab....in a tube!    WTF !   I'm now in heaven, about to eat seafood out of a tube!                
Third.....Blue Cheese...in a tube!!!!   MUAHAHAHA!!!!!!    QUICK GET ME A CRACKA!!!!!
and finally, some sort of burger dressing......IN A TUBE!!!!

Now, you're either licking your lips, or gagging at the thought of eating seafood out of a tube in the form of a pink pasty substance.    I like to think of it as "pre-chewed" seafood.   Takes the hassle of removing the pesky shells from the meat, away.

So, what do you do with seafood in a tube?    Of course, you can put it on a cracker....that's nice.   Something a little more fancier than a saltine.    I experimented for a bit, and although I didn't have alot to work with or waste....I found something that isn't really that bad.

1 piece of toast still warm, spread on some crab/lobster paste.   Next, finely grate some marble cheddar over top, followed by a sprinkling of Parmesan cheese, a little chopped parsley, and a thin layer of breadcrumbs.   Stick it under the broiler until the breadcrumb top starts to brown.   Pull it out, and cut into 1" strips.    Voila!!   Snack time!!!!

Thanks Sis!!   I can't wait to see what you bring next visit.    Hot dog in a tube perhaps?    (<<< uh...hot dogs are already tubes....)  ,   lasagna in a tube?     Oh, wait......apple pie in a tube...   no...no......chicken wings in a tube!    ............................................