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Picking blue crabs is an art...
Posted on 11/14/12 at 9:54 am
Posted on 11/14/12 at 9:54 am
I see this commercial on Food whatever where Guy Fieri is showing people how to smash the goddamn things with a hammer and pick out the meat. WTF? The only reason I post this is because I travel to the Virginia/Maryland coast and get their fresh boiled blue crabs. The platter is served with some claw crackers and a hammer. I ask for a butter knife and they don't have any. I end up picking the damn thing with a steak knife.
Why don't people outside of the deep south pick crabs with dexterity or even a plan? How would one enjoy smashing the thing and picking up tiny pieces of meat off of the table? Not cleanly extracting the lump is a fail in my book.
Why don't people outside of the deep south pick crabs with dexterity or even a plan? How would one enjoy smashing the thing and picking up tiny pieces of meat off of the table? Not cleanly extracting the lump is a fail in my book.
This post was edited on 11/14/12 at 9:56 am
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Posted on 11/14/12 at 9:57 am to Gaston
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I travel to the Virginia/Maryland coast and get their fresh boiled blue crabs.
They think boiling is a sin. They were more than likely, steamed.
And, yeah, that hammer shite is silly.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:01 am to Gaston
Pull off the carapace, pull off the legs, then crack down the middle, pull the gills, and you have easy access to the meat.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:08 am to Gaston
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I travel to the Virginia/Maryland
Something like 65% percent of the crabs eaten in Maryland actually come from Manchac, LA.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:14 am to tenfoe
You read my book huh?
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:18 am to tenfoe
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Something like 65% percent of the crabs eaten in Maryland actually come from Manchac, LA.
Yep. They've all but cornered the market on our "good ones."
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:29 am to tenfoe
Don't tell that info to RTR, he might be forced to eat some crow with his cakes the next time he is at the dock.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:34 am to Gaston
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Not cleanly extracting the lump is a fail in my book.
I agree, extracting the entire lump of crab meat out of a section of shell in one piece is like a small victory every time. Then you receive the tasty little trophy, and do it again.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 10:52 am to tenfoe
Yea and the other 35% come from Mexico! I know my neighbor ships live crabs caught in Mexico to Baltimore everyday! Southwest Airlines built a special walk-in cooler for his shipments at the Harlingen, Tx airport! Hell he nevers offers me any cuz he says there like gold and priced like gold....once a year we have a crab boil and he supplies and twice a year I do a crawfish boil so we eat well here on the border! Only in South LA do they have a old knife to help you pick dem crabs!
Posted on 11/14/12 at 11:45 am to Gaston
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smash the goddamn things with a hammer and pick out the meat.
People do this? That sounds terrible.
Posted on 11/14/12 at 3:13 pm to BottomlandBrew
My mom tells a story of the time she and my dad traveled to Chicago on business. They went out to eat and my dad ordered king crab. When it came, he proceeded to eat it the way any New Orleanian would eat a blue crab.
Before long, a crowd of locals had gathered around to watch him pick it clean. They had never seen anyone do that to a crab. My dad's response - "I'll have another, please".
Before long, a crowd of locals had gathered around to watch him pick it clean. They had never seen anyone do that to a crab. My dad's response - "I'll have another, please".
Posted on 11/14/12 at 3:21 pm to CITWTT
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Pull off the carapace, pull off the legs, then crack down the middle, pull the gills, and you have easy access to the meat.
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