Back in September, I went crabbing on my kayak with one goal: catch a crab to teach my readers how to pick a blue crab. I was out on the water near Oxford, MD for just over an hour and came back with a dozen blue crabs. Take a look after I steamed them: Not…
I want to cook with crab meat in the off season, which limits me to snow crab from the deli and canned crab. If you’re reading this, you’re probably in the same spot I was looking all the canned crab and wondering which type to pick. The main choices are lump crab meat and white…
As someone who owns a website about crabs, I was embarrassed at the fact that I’ve never opened a canned of crab meat in my life. I’m from Maryland, and I never had a reason to buy canned crab when I could buy them fresh or catch them myself. So, I went and bought six…
Being bottom feeders, crabs tend to carry bacteria around with them. It’s cooked away when you steam or boil the crabs, but that’s only if they lived long enough to reach the pot. It’s easy for a dead crab to get cooked, which is the most common way to get bad crab meat. Unfortunately, the…
If you’re like me, you’ve stopped and wondered why we cook Blue Crabs, Dungeness Crabs, and other types of shellfish alive. It’s something I’ve grown up with, and never really stopped and wondered about until now. So, I did some research and came to a conclusion: Because crabs are bottom feeders, they tend to harbor…
If you’re from Maryland, like me, the idea of boiling crabs may sound crazy. I had never heard of it until I started researching crabbing in the Southern United States, where boiling crabs is the norm. I was curious which method was better, so I did some research to find out. Here’s what I found:…
Have you ever been at a crab feast and noticed that your crab meat has black spots on it? It almost looks like someone sprinkled some black pepper on it. Well, I’m here to tell you that this is not black pepper, but something else. Small, black spots on cooked crab meat is a result…
I’m going to put myself in your shoes. I imagine you’re sitting at a table in a restaurant looking at your meal, and there is a fried softshell crab staring right back at you. Whether you ordered the crab by itself or on a sandwich, you’re wondering how you’re supposed to eat it. I’ve been…
It’s June! Summer is here, and crab feasts are underway. Whether you are hosting a big get-together, or you just want to have a smaller crab dinner, I want to help you find the best-priced crabs closest to you. There is some terminology everyone who buys crabs needs to know, as well as information on…