FAMILY THANKSGIVING CRABMEAT MELANGE

Which we made the night after Thanksgiving while staying in Eric and Alice's amazingly comfortable seaside Virginia Beach house - a family dinner for 12, perfectly delicious in all respects.  Political discussion was only moderately intense.
Now this was just the appetizer, the result of throwing together some toothsome morsels that were part of Alice's always interesting fridge contents  But it was Eve who made the pièce de resistance, methodically stirring (as only she can do) together a seafood pasta dish that all family members now beg for yearly, that hopefully she will be nudged into sharing with this blog.  Eve??

But here's the crabmeat concoction as far as I can recall:

• 1 lb. good lump crabmeat, picked over to take out any shells
• 1 ripe avocado, scooped out
• juice and grated rind of one juicy organic lime
• 2 TB Hellman's mayonnaise
• 2 TB cream cheese
• 1/2 smallish sweet onion, finely chopped
• 1 stalk celery, peeled and finely chopped
• 1/2 red pepper finely chopped
• handful of chopped fresh cilantro or parsley
• salt, pepper to taste. Also maybe some hot sauce?  If you want a burn.

Mix together everything but the crabmeat until it's pretty smooth and well combined.  Fold in the crabmeat so it's spread through but not too broken up.  

Serve with pita chips, crackers, or just big spoons.