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re: question about eating boiled crabs
Posted on 5/12/20 at 9:08 am to SammyTiger
Posted on 5/12/20 at 9:08 am to SammyTiger
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Japanese eat the dead men too
Tried it one time. Did not like. The Japanese can keep them.
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Posted on 5/12/20 at 10:21 am to lammo
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The eggs in females are delicious.
I eat the eggs first, the big chunks from in the corner of the shell, man that’s good.
Then I’ll eat the rest of the crab. Claw meat is heaven sent.
This post was edited on 5/12/20 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 5/12/20 at 2:31 pm to NOLAGT
The orange stuff in females is roe (eggs) the yellow in crabs & the green in lobsters (tomalley) is the organ.
We take our chances...
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Paralytic shellfish poisoning
We take our chances...
Posted on 5/12/20 at 2:34 pm to BigDropper
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The orange stuff in females is roe (eggs)
That might be it looking at pics online. I thought it was mainly outside the crab under the flap.
This post was edited on 5/12/20 at 2:38 pm
Posted on 5/12/20 at 2:35 pm to Nicky Parrish
I even eat the little legs. Each joint yields a small clump of meat.
Posted on 5/12/20 at 2:57 pm to VABuckeye
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I found an article regarding boiled vs steamed crabs. It doesn't settle a thing but it's a decent read.
That is exactly the way i boil. Vegetables first then seafood.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 9:37 am to NOLAGT
From what I remember, roe forms in the body but moves to the apron after it is fertilized.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 10:51 am to shawnlsu
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Yep, a bite of 50/50 crab meat/fat is one of the best things that I don't eat much of anymore.
I only eat boiled crabs about 5-6 times a year max, so I'm not worried about any cholesterol or other issues associated with it.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 11:10 am to lammo
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I even eat the little legs. Each joint yields a small clump of meat.
I call those the straws.
I've been known to suck the little legs for a bit of meat and juice. 
Posted on 5/13/20 at 11:37 am to Gris Gris
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I've been known to suck the little legs for a bit of meat and juice.
Everyone acting like this is their own novel method. It's never occurred to me that it was unusual or that everyone DIDN'T do that.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:27 pm to Y.A. Tittle
I know some folks don't fool with the little straws or the meat at the end of those legs. I guess those folks in MD would REALLY think that's crazy, but I think it's nuts to throw out the claws and refer to them as "trash".
Posted on 5/13/20 at 12:58 pm to Gris Gris
Who on earth could consider crab claw meat as “trash”? It has a subtly different flavor from body meat. I prefer claw meat for gumbo; it holds together a bit better, has more flavor, and doesn’t get stringy like body meat.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 3:32 pm to caro81
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I eat everything in the crab except the dead man.
Someone please tell me what the "dead man" is.
Posted on 5/13/20 at 3:37 pm to Missouri Waltz
The gills, aka lungs: when you pop off the top shell, you will see a row of grayish white spongy structures, like long skinny tapering fingers, arranged in a row to the left and right of the central cavity. Most people strip them away first thing when peeling a crab so they don’t get mixed into the meat.
ETA some people call them dead mans fingers.
ETA some people call them dead mans fingers.
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 3:38 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 4:24 pm to BigDropper
That makes sense with the eggs.
All this talk of eating crabs I went grab some today...2 dozzen my cut
All this talk of eating crabs I went grab some today...2 dozzen my cut
This post was edited on 5/13/20 at 4:25 pm
Posted on 5/13/20 at 4:24 pm to hungryone
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Who on earth could consider crab claw meat as “trash”?
I had a discussion about it with some folks from MD. They couldn't believe we waste time on the claws and told me they consider the claws to be trash up there. My chin was on the ground, but theirs were too when I told them all the ways we use claws and claw meat.
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