| 1 | Allow butter and cream cheese to soften before starting. |
| 2 | Mix mayo, butter and cream cheese. |
| 3 | Do not use a blender, as the mixture will get soupy. |
| 4 | Add lemon juice, garlic, worcestershire sauce, pepper, etc. |
| 5 | To taste. |
| 6 | mix in crab (or whatever) and onion. |
| 7 | Of the choices, i feel crab is the best. |
| 8 | Chill at least two hours, cover with cocktail sauce. |
| 9 | This is an important part of the recipe. |
| 10 | i recommend wakefield crab meat, shrimp or shrimp & crab. |
| 11 | I usually use crosse & blackwell"s cocktail sauce, but feel free to use any kind that you trust. |
| 12 | You can make your own simple cocktail sauce by mixing 3 parts catsup to 1 part horseradish and adding tabasco, garlic, worcestershire sauce to taste. |
| 13 | serve over triscuits (they"re nice and strong, to survive heavy scooping) or veggies. |
| 14 | Irish is the friend from whom i got this recipe. |
| 15 | notes: |
| 16 | * incredible crab or shrimp dip -- my first encounter with this dip came at a new year"s party a few years ago. |
| 17 | I was standing by the munchies table trying not to embarrass myself too much, when a woman came up to me and pointed out this dip. |
| 18 | She explained to me that at a previous party she had lost control eating it and got a spoon! |
| 19 | it"s incredibly rich, and requires a lot of will power not to eat too much. |
| 20 | Yield: serves 6 gluttons. |
| 21 | : difficulty: easy. |
| 22 | : time: 5 minutes preparation, 2 hours cooling. |
| 23 | : precision: approximate measurement ok. |
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