Why is it Called She Crab Soup?
She Crab Soup is a dish made popular in Charleston, South Carolina. The soup is a mix between a bisque and a chowder and is prepared with blue crab meat.Partan-breeShe Crab Soup began as Partan-bree, a crab and rice soup, which was brought to America by Scottish settlers who settled in the Carolinas in the 1700s. Because the area contained an abundance of blue crab, the soup became extremely popular.She Crab SoupWhen President William Taft visited the home of R. Goodwyn Rhett, mayor of Charleston, Rhett requested that his cook improve the common crab soup. The cook added crab roe to develop She Crab Soup.Crab RoeCrab roe are the eggs harvested from the female blue crab. Because this essential ingredient comes only from the female, the soup was dubbed “She Crab.” The eggs are a vibrant orange color and give the soup a hue similar to pumpkin.IngredientsAlthough the soup always is creamy, the only necessary ingredient is the crab roe. Most recipes also contain lump crabmeat and dry sherry
