re: Grilled crabs -- saw a recipe on FB... anyone do crabs this way?

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I'm not sure I understand the cutting of the knuckles, so I'd like to see those pics.

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It's a game changer. After you clean the guts and lungs (and eat any eggs or fat inside) you half the crab down the spine. Then take a knife and gut horizontal through the endoskeleton. Making quarters. Then the meat falls out.

ETA: Fat boy might be talking about the legs. To get the most meat from the knuckles crack them closest to the body. The fin is stronger and it feels better from that end.

The first thing I do is twist the fin, pull out the lollipop and eat the jumbo lump attached to the end of those. I pull the claw legs off, crack and eat those. I pull off the "straws"/skinny legs and suck those to get that sweet meat from them. Then, I crack it in half at the spine and break each half in half and pick the meat out from there.

If you cut at the knuckle, or leg, before you break in half then break in half again, it frees up all the meat and it slides out with no effort.


That's how the Asian ladies at one of the processing plants on the West Bank showed my mom. They do it all day, and for speed/quantity.

It's the most efficient way to get lump crab meat out.

im confused honestly without seeing pics or video

I do mine just like gris gris

So, are you removing the legs before you break them in half? That's what I do and I use a little crab spoon to scoop the meat out of the sections. If your way is better, I sure want to know it. I love crabs.

I think we are talking about the same thing. Go finish your Mac and Cheese.

Dummy.

follow it to the exact time given, my boss tried it last night and said it was rolling, I'm gonna try it one night this week....

In the body.

I'm gonna buy some crabs tonight and just take some pics.

Yes.

Is it what this guy does?

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