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Blue Crabs: Louisiana vs. Maryland Style
Posted on 4/15/17 at 1:02 pm
Posted on 4/15/17 at 1:02 pm
So, I attended a conference in DC this week and we hosted a dinner at a local crab house.
They served the crabs in the classic Maryland Style topped with Old Bay and steamed. I think our flavor profile in Louisiana is definitely superior, but I have to hand it to Maryland on texture. The steamer does a really nice job. It's a little firmer, and peels really nicely. I guess a comparison could be made to how steaming vegetable >boiling them in most cases.
Anyway... Blue Crab is delicious all around. That is all.
They served the crabs in the classic Maryland Style topped with Old Bay and steamed. I think our flavor profile in Louisiana is definitely superior, but I have to hand it to Maryland on texture. The steamer does a really nice job. It's a little firmer, and peels really nicely. I guess a comparison could be made to how steaming vegetable >boiling them in most cases.
Anyway... Blue Crab is delicious all around. That is all.
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Posted on 4/15/17 at 1:28 pm to dpd901
The steam method is definitely delicious. Both sides have their merits. Luckily, in life, we don't have to choose.
Posted on 4/15/17 at 2:06 pm to Tigerdev
My roommate is from Maryland.
I brought home some boiled crabs for him one weekend and he preceded to dip them into melted butter before eating.
I just about lost it
I brought home some boiled crabs for him one weekend and he preceded to dip them into melted butter before eating.
I just about lost it
Posted on 4/15/17 at 2:25 pm to BlackCoffeeKid
Melted Butter+crab meat is pretty delicious, Baw.
Just cause it ain't how Papiere did it, don't mean it ain't worth a shot.
Just cause it ain't how Papiere did it, don't mean it ain't worth a shot.
Posted on 4/15/17 at 3:18 pm to dpd901
Yep.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:54 am to dpd901
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Melted Butter+crab meat is pretty delicious
No doubt.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 11:59 am to dpd901
You mash em with a hammer? I travel to the area for work and they were amused when I asked for a butter knife to pick them. They gave me a steak knife and I showed them how to pick the lump...they still thought it was too much work to prep the body halves. I still don't know how the hammer works.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 6:15 pm to dpd901
I don't know about Maryland style, but I was in DC back in October last year and asked for the best place for boiled crabs in the area. I was directed to Bethesda Maryland and Bethesda Crab House. Ordered two dozen crabs. Cost was $192 for 24 large blue crabs (yep, that price is correct). I asked when their season was and what water the crabs came from. The waitress said most of the time, their best crabs come from....wait for it...wait for it - Louisiana. Never paid that much for crabs in my life growing up in Lake Charles. Won't do that again anytime soon.
Posted on 4/17/17 at 8:03 pm to WacoTiger
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Cost was $192 for 24 large blue crabs
It cost a lot of money to ship them from Louisiana.
Yes, a large portion of our crabs head that direction.
This post was edited on 4/17/17 at 8:04 pm
Posted on 4/17/17 at 8:27 pm to dpd901
The real crime is all these south LA restaurants boiling snow crab and king crab just like blue crab. Completely ruins the texture, plus the crab boil spices don't jive with those types of crabs.
King crab/snow crab/Dungeness crab needs to be steamed.
King crab/snow crab/Dungeness crab needs to be steamed.
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