Rose Cottage Ltd

Believe it or not, half the month of June and half of the year 2012 are behind us. Where DOES time go?

The 4th of July holiday meant Maryland Blue Crabs to me most of my early days. Even though I no longer have access to catch and cook them myself, I can still plan now to have a crab feast this coming 4th of July.

With less than 2 weeks time left to place and schedule my order, The Crab Place notified me of some seafood specials! YEAH! Timing really is EVERYTHING!

You can read my review from a prior order with The Crab Place and see why I have no worries about ordering again.

Here are some current specials from The Crab Place. Most offers expire June 24th so don’t delay! You can order now to take advantage of the discount savings – and still set up delivery for the 2nd or 3rd of July…

If you love crabs we have a deal for you!

Thanks to a great response (and some wonderful crabs), we’ve extended our 20% off Maryland hard crab sale for one more week. We’ve got beautiful hard crabs coming in daily across the docks and have slashed pricing to 20% off on all of our crab grades and crab sizes.

1 Half Dozen Colossal Crabs 20% Off
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1 Dozen Colossal Crabs 20% Off
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2 Dozen Colossal Crabs 20% Off
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1 Dozen Jumbo Crabs 20% Off
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1 Half Bushel Jumbo Crabs 20% Off
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1 Bushel Jumbo Crabs 20% Off
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***** All Crab Sizes 20% Off, Order Your Crabs Online *****

Summer is officially here and the Maryland crab season is in full swing. There’s no better time for a crab feast. This fantastic crab sale pricing expires on Sunday, June 24.

No need to wait for a better crab sale to come along. Hurry, only 3 days left on this fantastic 20% off crab sale. Be sure to lock in these great crab prices today and have your crabs delivered at a later date of your choice. Crab prices may fluctuate over the summer based on supply. Don’t risk paying higher prices later, start your crab feast today!

Lock in your low crab prices now, click here ….

I don’t much care for shopping, absolutely hate shopping malls, and am quite likely to buy something from a online merchant because it saves me a lot of time – but only if the merchant has a solid reputation and a great selection of products.

When possible, I want to pay shipping charges just once – I don’t want to have to buy from 3 vendors for 3 items. I think most savvy online shoppers do the same.

Sierra Trading Post fits my requirements and the selection never disappoints. They have a great sale going on now – that runs to February 8, 2012.

And as for multi-tasking?

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I write this blog because I like to.

I’m renovating an older house on a 7 acre property with a 4 acre lake. This provides many opportunities to show some of the work that is going on, provide some hopefully helpful hints, and share a few “lessons-learned” on our various DIY projects.

If I find an advertiser who offers something I am discussing, say as example my thoughts about the purchase and use of a wood stove, I’ll provide links to their site so readers can review and make their own decisions about whether a product is right for them or not. This seems a legitimate “referral” of searched-for info for anyone who is interested.

Unfortunately, some advertisers are NOT interested in my attempts to review or discuss their product lines…they just want you to buy, buy, buy. Well, I hope you buy something too – but only if it is the right choice for you.

Rose Cottage Ltd was just “terminated” by an advertiser this morning – one of which I have a fair amount of links to from this blog. I thought they wanted to be a good “go-to” resource for my readers. Apparently not. They’d rather I push you hard to buy versus just providing you with some user info that might make your buying decisions easier. It seems I won’t push hard enough to suit this advertiser – which means they don’t suit Rose Cottage.

They are not interested in good content. They are not interested in what a purchaser actually has to say about a product. They just want sales. If I had known this was their focus, I would have NEVER promoted them.

It will take me about 2 weeks to remove all their links from both the Rose Cottage Ltd. website and blog but trust me, I will do so.

In the meantime, here’s a link to an advertiser that DOES belong on Rose Cottage! You can shop there with confidence for many of the products covered on the Rose Cottage blog. This is all I expect from a company – and it’s the least we deserve.

Spend $50 minimum to get 20% off – good through December 18, 2011

And a free, quick, and easy crab appetizer recipe!

Crab Meltaways Appetizer Recipe: Courtesy of The Crab Place

1 pound fresh crab meat
½ pound butter, softened
1 jar Old English sharp cheese spread
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or salad dressing
½ teaspoon garlic salt
½ teaspoon seasoned salt
English muffins

Mix together the butter and the cheese until blended. Add the salts and mayonnaise. Stir in the crab meat.

Cut each English muffin half into quarters.

Put a teaspoon of the crab mixture on each quarter.

Put the quarters under the broiler until light brown.

Buy your Fresh Crab Meat online.

Visit The Crab Place for all your crab meat needs…

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Hurry – good through November 13th only!

You can read the review I posted after my Crab Place order here. Send yourself a little treat to gear up for holiday-time! I’ll find ANY excuse for seafood!

Better think about holiday entertaining quickly to take advantage of this 1-cent shipping offer – ends November 3, 2011!

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I placed an online order for steamed hard crabs a week or so ago and promised to post a review. Before the fond memories get away from me – here it is.

Before going further I should mention that I was born and raised in Maryland and have spent a lifetime experiencing “Hard Crab Summers.” I know how crabs are to be steamed, have steamed them myself – and can tell when they are not cooked properly.

Rest assured – The Crab Place “steamers” know what they’re doing.

I expected – based on the crab size I ordered – to get around 3 dozen crabs. Final tally for this order was 38 crabs. I expected them to be properly cooked and seasoned – without too much salt. They were.

If crabs are cooked for the right amount of time, claw meat releases cleanly from the crab claws once broken – you don’t have to scrape it out and it doesn’t adhere to the shell. You also shouldn’t spend the next 24 hours after eating crabs craving water. No scraping of claws was required and the crabs were seasoned properly without excessive salt. You just can’t beat Old Bay seasoning!

I added the pound container of lump crab meat to my order and was extremely pleased with that as well. It is nearly impossible to pick crab meat without leaving a few shell fragments behind but this pound of crab meat had almost no shells to speak of. I was able to make 8 fairly large crab cakes from this part of the order – which are now resting comfortably in my freezer.

The crabs were packaged and shipped properly – cold on arrival but not wet – and arrived on the day as scheduled.

I’m already plotting my next order and with a birthday coming up soon – it may involve lobster. It won’t involve any company other than The Crab Place.

Think of Easter, (April 24th this year,) and holiday meals and many people will automatically think of yummy desserts – me included! Here are a few suggestions from Gourmet Station that might make getting ready for holiday gatherings a bit easier.

For those of us who are saving up vacation days for that long, summer vacation – no reason you can’t still treat yourself at home for Easter with one of these Deluxe Gourmet Meals. The dinner-for-two selections are really convenient. Anything that provides a great gourmet meal AND saves time sounds good to me!

FYI: Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8th, 2011, and will be here before you know it. For me, this is a day when a “Okay” gift is just not good enough. But everyone has to eat, and Mom certainly deserves a meal or two she doesn’t have to fix herself. If YOU can’t actually be there….

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