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Pea crabs in oysters
Posted on 3/30/16 at 8:55 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 8:55 pm
Has anyone ever eaten them? Are they just an Atlantic coast thing?
Southern secret: The Pea Crab
Southern secret: The Pea Crab
This post was edited on 3/30/16 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:01 pm to webstew
There is a lot of NOPE in that article
Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:11 pm to webstew
We had a lot of these when the oil spill happened and we were sourcing our oysters from the east coast between NC to Deleware area. We would just pop them out and Toss them aside. Didn't think to eat them...
Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:14 pm to webstew
We used to see them all the time in Charleston. I've eaten them raw, roasted, & fried in butter. It's just extra protein.
This post was edited on 3/30/16 at 10:15 pm
Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:40 pm to webstew
I had never heard of them. Glad to know in case I pop an oyster open and see one of the little buggers in there.
Posted on 3/30/16 at 10:56 pm to Twenty 49
They'll sometimes be within the actual flesh of the oyster in the flap area. It's a surprise if you're not expecting it lol
Posted on 3/30/16 at 11:09 pm to webstew
What is commonly called a pea crab in south LA looks exactly like a blue crab in miniature. It's callinectes similias, so named bc it's so similar to the usual blue crab callinectes sapidus. I spent a pretty crappy semester in the basement of the old Life Sciences building feeding those damn little crabs for a hypoxia avoidance experiment.
Anyway, I've never encountered one of the locally named pea crabs inside an oyster, but I don't have volume experience w oysters.
Anyway, I've never encountered one of the locally named pea crabs inside an oyster, but I don't have volume experience w oysters.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 10:26 am to webstew
I bought some in the North to shuck and they freaked me out. Never heard of them. They were orange and looked sort of like roe, until they unfurled their legs and started traipsing about my kitchen counter. I had no idea what to do with them so I tossed them outside into the snow.
Posted on 3/31/16 at 1:37 pm to Degas
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