Crab question...

[Gerald]

Here are few more pictures.

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[AceArcher]

Originally Posted by Gerald

Here are few more pictures.

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That is one stud of a jimmy crab your little boy is holding!!!! Bushel of that size would probably go for over 200$ in maryland right now.

Well done!

[cajun bill]

My experience is that if you put your crabs in the water before you put the heat to it, most of the crab legs and claws will stay on the crab. Think about the Aesop fable, the one about the frog that sits in the water and doesn't jump out when he can but then the water gets so hot that it cooks his little a$$. If you throw live crabs into boiling water, most of them will "eject" their legs and claws, but if you bring the heat up gradually, that won't happen. Read this in a cooking article years ago by a N.O. chef so I tried it and it works. Not saying all the legs/claws will still be on the crabs, but most will. Now, if you've got to make a second batch, you're SOL.:*****: