This is so easy and a crowd pleaser. You can make the expensive version with real crab pieces from a fish market, or use the fake packaged crab from Krogers. That's what I do and it tastes fine.
Make this for a book club discussion on Olive Kitteridge, which takes place in Maine. I think I will grow up to be Olive (opinionated and crotchety), except living in Cincinnati. I'll have to think of a different snack, since there are no lobsters on the Ohio River (but there are some wierd fish - and people -on it).
One packages softened cream cheese
1/2 cup mayonnaise
One small bottle seafood cocktail sauce
One package fake crab - or about 1 1/2 cups of the real thing - torn into small pieces
Crackers
Combine cream cheese and mayonnaise. Spread on a serving plate. Spread cocktail sauce on top - just enough to cover and make it look like a pizza. Sprinkle crab pieces on top. Cover with foil and refrigerate for a few hours. Serve with crackers for dipping.
