Blue Crabs

Discussion in 'Seafood' started by Mathew Star, Mar 4, 2005.

  1. Mathew Star

    Mathew Star Member

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    I'm from Virginia and Maryland so I like seafood alot. Has anyone here ever heard of Blue Crab?
     
  2. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    nope, what is it? Is the crab actually blue?
     
  3. Orsino2

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    Yep... blueish green actually.


    And living on the Chesapeake Bay, how can anyone not know about blue crabs? :D

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  4. Soulless||Chaos

    Soulless||Chaos SelfInducedExistence

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    Of course I've heard of them. :D
     
  5. Atom bomb therapy

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    Blue crabs. That sounds crazy. Is the taste different than a regular crab (well, the kind you'd get anywhere else.)
     
  6. SpliffVortex

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    First blue crabs eaten in a small fishing village in cuba back in mid 60s.
     
  7. RetroGroove_Grrl

    RetroGroove_Grrl I'm a big girl now

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    Before I was veggo I ate blue crab, it was yummy!!!!!!

    you have to boil them till theyre red though to eat them
     
  8. Cold_Phusion85

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    I think the best crabs are king crabs with butter yummmm....
     
  9. FreakerSoup

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    I had them for the first time this summer, and was pleaseantly surprised, 'cause I'm usually not a fan of seafood besides fish. It's very labor-intensive though.
     
  10. flmkpr

    flmkpr Senior Member

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    blue beats king or snow hands down!!
     
  11. slangshot1

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    king legs are delicious, dont blues come as the whloe crab tohugh, that freak me out
     
  12. Triumph Hurricane

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    yes = the only drawback is the ones i ate in the tropical area dont have much meat in them "you need lots of them" but taste wise they are great "fresh that is not pre frozen ones"
     
  13. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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  14. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    puter overload
     
  15. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    when i was a kid we used to go up to maryland to see my granparents..

    me an granpa would get up early an go set a string of traps,, hang out all day then real them in an bringem home.. grnma would boilem up an all the grownups would sit around an eat an get drunk..

    id get 1 beer to nurse (on account they felt it was the only way to eat them)an all the crab i could scarf down..

    aint had a mess of blue crab in over 25 years,, but man i still remember.. :)
     
  16. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    yes blues come whole,, but all but one lil spot is edible,, an ya cant miss it,, its quite the icky place on the inside..
     
  17. Triumph Hurricane

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    only the legs and claws have anything worth eating you need a bucket full and lots of patients . but well worth it .
     
  18. hippiehillbilly

    hippiehillbilly the old asshole

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    not the way my granma used to makem,, wed it it all seppin fer that icky brown pouch..
     
  19. luvione

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    I havent had them since I was a kid w/ my folks crabbin in Annapolis Md.They werent the only ones we would catch , but they are particularly good! And Yeah, my folks gave us beer to have w/ it too! And the leftovers would be turned into home made crab cakes! YUM! Thanks for the reminder of pleasant memories! LoveLights A Shinin*
     
  20. Olympic-Bullshitter

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    Soft-shell crabs should be purchased the day you plan to cook and eat them. You should see some movement in the flippers, a sign that they're still alive. Ask your fishmonger to pick out the softest crabs of the bunch and clean them (the shells begin to harden and become leathery about 4 days after molting). Soft-shells are best marinated in buttermilk, coated with flour or cornmeal, and fried. www.seafoodchoices.com Use scissors to snip off the "face" of the crab. Lift up the sides of the top shell and pull out the feathery gills.Turn the crab over and pull off the apron, which lifts up like a tab.
     

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