I'm gonna make my Dad's crab dip for the superbowl
It's the thing I do every year (i make it other times but always for superbowl). I make it different every year because I never wrote the exact measurements down. I just watched dad make it once when I was little and asked him for a reminder shortly before he died but other than that I just wing it. I loved watching football with my dad and this crab dip makes the big game better.
(No idea where he got it - I'm sure he didn't invent it - it's just Dad's crab dip to me because that's who I first had it from).
leave one brick of Philadelphia brand cream cheese on the counter to soften. Because Philly is good and store brand is stupid.
after a couple beers, put the cream cheese in a big mixing bowl
add a can of your favorite crab meat. I don't know sizes other than it's the same size as a regular can of tuna.
(I always go through the crab meat thoroughly to get rid of shell bits and ligaments - just rub it twixt your fingers - you'll feel the bad bits. Flick 'em at the dog. put the can on the floor for the cat.)
better grab another beer.
drink it.
dump in spoon or two of minced garlic
several splashes of Worcestershire sauce (You can use Frenches I guess if you're a terrorist but good Americans use Lea and Perrins)
squeeze in some lemon juice. That sounds like I mean freshly squeeze a real lemon but I usually just squeeze that plastic ReaLemon thing. A couple squirts will do but you squeeze all ya want.
I can never remember if I use salt and pepper but just taste it and decide if you want it.
I start mixing until it's smooth and usually add some more worcestershire and another squirt or two of lemon...but be aware it intensifies overnight so make it the day before and it will be just right on Sunday.
I will only eat it with Triscuits. Regular triscuits. It's the damn superbowl - you can have a regular triscuit every once in a while. Triscuits were good enough for dad and they're good enough for me. It's the only time I eat Triscuits.
If I remember something I left out I'll update accordingly.
Whatch'all eatin'?
eta~hey look, I did this last year too - http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018290757#post13
where is OhioSmith? 
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I like your dad's sense of humor.
If you'd like to add some "heat", try using red pepper instead of black.
Mini gyros, tiropita, dolmas, pita triangles and vegetable sticks for dipping in hummus and tzatziki, a salad of pepperoncini, kalamata olives, bell peppers, cucumbers and tomatoes. Plus beer.
"Because Philly is good and store brand is stupid." 
Last time Ohiosmith posted was June 2013 
I've tried to reach ohiosmith by email, even sent him a card or two. He hasn't picked up the cards. Talked with a mutual friend recently who hasn't heard anything from him.
lol, jk...everyone is free to not die from exploding over too much salt. I recommend not dying whenever possible.
Currently I have BWW, taco dip, ruffles and onion dip, gummi bears, and of course plenty of beer!
Might just have to add crab dip to that list...
thanks for reading!
and actually bought a couple cans of crab a couple months ago. I had one of them, but with brown rice triscuits w/sea salt instead of regular ones. Forgot the garlic, though.
I still have another can, so now I can get it right the next time around! Thanks!
I always realize it half way through but it never bothered me enough to get up and put some of whatever I forgot in...I figure I already ate half, might as well power through and get it right next time.
Glad you liked it!
and she thought is sounded great. Thanks. We are lucky to live in the Pacific Northwest so we'll be able to use fresh crab.....as long as I crack and clean it. Triscuits sound perfect for it. To hell with my gluten allergy...the Seahawks are in the Super Bowl.
Go Seahawks!
I only hope it brings you as much joy as it always brings me.
at your house 
(my wife has to pretty regularly take Ritz away from me before I eat the whole tube)
Everyone not his sons called him Butch but I don't know why. There's nothing in any of our names (I was named after him and Grandpa - dad was Jr, I was the III and my daughter would have been the IV but my wife put her foot down. Not my fault she was a girl.) that is even close. It's a nickname he picked up as a kid and he kept it all his life.
and with this dip, sounds divine. I love how the triscuit breaks almost evenly along the grain of the cracker. A W E S O M E. 
he actually called it "Crab crap" which may be why I loved it so much as a kid.
Let's just be glad I didn't make his crab do THAT.
and keep her mentally unstable son at home.
So on the weekends, their family tradition is to watch football. Well the son is always trying to get out of the house. The Mom in the story implores her son every weekend to stay and watch the game with her best "persuasive" line...
"I'm making crabby snacks!"
Your OP reminded me of that scene and how "powerful" her crabby snacks were since they always kept the son at home watching the game!
She was probably using your dad's recipe!
Its generated a couple thousand articles about the "crabby snacks" and what they might be.
Robert Deniro is well, Robert Deniro in the movie. So you can imagine him saying it in his best mob voice...
You may as well put in a claim that YOURS are the original crabby snacks!