Do you like to eat 🦀? How do you season them?

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bolverk · Accepted Answer

I love Crab,  but they are a bit expensive in the UK. Below is a cooking guide and a video; How to Cook and Clean Fresh Crabs An Illustrated Guide Cook Fresh, Lively Crabs Live crabs ship surprisingly well when handled properly and kept on ice, but there is something about the local crab season that can't be beaten, whether that's Dungeness crab pulled out of the Pacific Ocean or blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay.  No matter what crabs you have on hand, use this guide to get them ready to eat. Preparing The Crabs Crabs kept on ice or in the fridge will be lethargic, but even they should respond to being picked up or moved around with a bit of leg movement. If you're choosing crabs from a tank or cooler, look for feisty specimens. You'll want to cook the crabs before you clean them. Boiling is more common, but steaming crabs emerge from the pot less water-logged and more filled with their own crabby juices. To Boil: Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add enough salt so it tastes as salty as the ocean. Add any spices or herbs you like (Old Bay has plenty of adherents, for example, and it's easy to make a homemade version, too). Add the crabs and simmer until they are cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes depending on the size of the crabs. To Steam: Bring about an inch of salted water to boil in the bottom of a large pot. Set a steamer basket in the pot and the crabs in the basket or, if you have a lot of crabs, simply pile them in. Cover the pot and steam until the crabs are cooked through, 10 minutes for small blue crabs and 15 for larger Dungeness and up to 20 minutes for even bigger crabs. Remove the crabs from the pot and let sit until cool enough to handle. You can rinse them quickly under cold water to move things along. Other people wear latex gloves to protect themselves from the heat of the shells. Remove the Apron The "apron" on a crab is a triangle of shell on the bottom of the crab (on males it is smaller, narrower, and more pointed; on females it is bigger, wider, and more rounded). Remove the apron by grabbing the point towards the front of the crab and pulling it off. Remove Carapace After you've pulled off the apron, you will see a small hole between the body and the top shell, or carapace, at the back of the crab. Hold the body with one hand and pull off the top shell by grabbing the shell where that small hole is. The liquid that will come out is called "crab butter" (it's the fat from the back of the crab) and many people save it for use in soups or even as a dipping sauce for the crab itself. If you want to reserve the crab butter, make sure to hold the crab upside-down and pull the body up and out of the top shell so the shell collects the liquid. Most people discard the carapace but you can also clean the shell to serve a crab salad. Remove Gills & Mandibles  Once the top shell is gone, you'll see the crab's insides. Along the top are two rows of opaque, feathery gills. These are not tasty. Pull them all off and discard them. The mandibles, at the front of the crab, need to be removed– snap the two pointy things to break them away from the crab and discard them. Rinse Crab Clean The remaining parts of the crab (besides the shell) that you don't want to eat are the guts. In the world of cleaning animals, crab guts are pretty innocuous. Rinse them out under cool running water. You now have a fully cleaned crab. After you've done one or two, they go pretty quickly. A cleaned crab is ready to serve if you're having people pick crab meat themselves, you can offer guests home-made aioli, alongside the crab butter, for dipping. You can also prepare ready crab meat in another dish like crab cakes or gumbo. Smaller cleaned crabs can be served whole, but you'll want to break up larger crabs for people to work from or you're going to pick the crab meat before serving. Most crabs can be broken in half or into quarters by hand. Use a large knife to cut apart bigger or tougher crabs.

RebelinSteel · Accepted Answer

It’s better eating them than having them.

I like having them as crab cakes - Lime and Chilli are lovely

Also good with monkfish, or with linguine. It’s fairly versatile, rock pool is another option, where you have it with other sea food items that could be found in a local rock pool, mussels, lobster, oyster, octopus etc.

Saggitariusdiva · Accepted Answer

Don't be shy about adding salt, pepper, lemon juice and lemon rinds, or the classic Old Bay seasoning to your pot before boiling or steaming your crab legs. In fact, if you plan to boil, we'd recommend the proportion of 4 quarts of water to 6 ounces of seasoning.

As a combination of more than a dozen herbs and spices already, Old Bay shines the most when used on simply steamed crab legs or peel-and-eat shrimp. Pairing perfectly with the delicate flavors of fish, parsley brightens up flavors and adds an aesthetically pleasing green pop to your seafood dishes.

PBandJ_Nerd · Accepted Answer

No. I don't like crab. But I love imitation crab and crab cakes (has a mix of crab, fish flakes, and imitation crab).

WhiteSteve · Answer

I actually don’t like crab, the couple times I’ve tried it. I’m very picky about seafood. I definitely like lobster, but something about the flavor of crab isn’t for me. Ditto for shrimp. I’ll have a cheeseburger😝

HaleyWalker · Answer

The fact that I have this online thing about a crab named El Jefe you done murdered him and his family. 🦀🦀🦀

electromagnetic · Answer

Love them. But I like them simple. Steamed, with salt and lemon on the side.

TallSlim90 · Answer

I melt salted butter and add old bay, pepper and garlic. It’s simple but delicious

CrabCakes11 · Answer

I like crab in crab cakes or alone. I also enjoy the fake crab they put in sushi

sheikalana · Answer

I love crab and lobster. I don't cook it at home I usually eat it at a restaurant tho.

Joshydavid25 · Answer

I remember having a cold crab cake, and wasn't impressed..

Caroline91 · Answer

I just eat it plain or dipped in drawn butter. I think anything else would overpower the delicate taste.

Staximus · Answer

I love crab and lobster but they are a pain in the ass

andreasderjuengere · Answer

Sea food to me means: microplastics, and sea water pollution. I like the taste - but I avoid this mess.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Crab is tasty. I usually just dip it in butter and that's it.

bowenw · Answer

Little to no seasoning as it hides the delicate crab flavor in my opinion. Serve with drawn butter.

blondfrog · Answer

Crabs or lobster aren't really my thing. I think they are overrated and overpriced.

handsomelad70 · Answer

Never had lobster, and I think our Red Lobster is closing as are America's.

7Phoenix7 · Answer

Dipped in butter 🤤

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

Eat them? I can barely stomach looking at them!

Goodoldguy · Answer

I only like crab claws stuffed. I order them from restaurant

TheSpaceGnome · Answer

All they need is melted butter and a shell cracker.

dustybiker2 · Answer

No 🥺

12karen · Answer

I love 🦀🦀🦀, season them with masala

Charliefretz329 · Answer

Butter… old bay… Cajun… lots of options

Jennz6 · Answer

I like hot sauce on mine

OtterMan68 · Answer

cajun seasoning or old bay with butter

Olgaaa22 · Answer

I love crabs 🦀

gorydetails · Answer

Old bay goes with crabs.

paledreams · Answer

Vomit 🤮🤢

TurtlePoop · Answer

Often

eagle1951 · Answer

yuke

impalabill77 · Answer

No I do not.

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