{"id":224,"date":"2017-04-08T17:49:28","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T17:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworkinglunchproject.com\/?post_type=recipe&p=224"},"modified":"2017-04-09T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2017-04-09T21:47:02","slug":"seafood-cocktail-sauce","status":"publish","type":"recipe","link":"https:\/\/www.theworkinglunchproject.com\/?recipe=seafood-cocktail-sauce","title":{"rendered":"Seafood Cocktail Sauce"},"content":{"rendered":"

This recipe for Seafood Cocktail Sauce is a classic. Combining the pantry\/refrigerator staples, ketchup, cream-style horseradish sauce, and Worcestershire sauce with freshly squeezed lemon juice and other seasonings, this sauce is the perfect partner for plump, meaty, cooked shrimp and other seafoods.<\/p>\n

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I love a good cocktail sauce but too often, they are sappy and overly sweet.<\/p>\n

Seafood Cocktail Sauce is cocktail sauce as it was first introduced to me as a child.<\/p>\n

My family and I were visiting my grandparents in New Orleans. We were moving form California to Ohio and the journey by car, into the unknown, took my four-year-old world by surprise. So much so, that I found myself too nervous to eat (never a normal state for my chowhound self).<\/p>\n

That is, until I met my Gramma for the first time. She was a strong-willed, cheerful, calm presence with whom I instantly felt at ease. The more time I spent with her, the more the gitters melted away.<\/p>\n

Gramma and my parents took me to Fitzgerald’s<\/a> (which has long since been closed) for lunch on Lake Pontchartrain. A folksy, local dive, the casual atmosphere relaxed me even further.<\/p>\n

However, when the shrimp and cocktail sauce arrived my poor Mom was just sure I’d get queasy again \u2014 it arrived legs and tails intact \u2014 surely I’d get grossed-out. But no, I didn’t. My Gramma happily showed me how to rip into those little suckers and I was soon a pro at it!<\/p>\n

Shrimp and cocktail sauce ‘put me right’ way back then, and it’s still my go-to when I’m feeling even slightly under the weather.<\/p>\n

Paired with hot house cucumber sliced into long spears, and a cracker or two, and you’ve got a really satisfying lunch that won’t weigh you down or make you feel groggy.<\/p>\n

I hope you like Seafood Cocktail Sauce as much as I do. Please let me know in the Comments section below.
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