Maryland Blue Crabs!

[weber]

I cooked my 1st batch of crabs last weekend!

2 bushels Beer, vinger, water, crab seasoning, pepper seasoning, old bay

Steamed for a 1/2 hour...

Best crabs I ever had!!! also roasted a pig in the pit, what a great weekend!

[oloenneker]

I swear to (I don't have a god) it's the Old Bay!! It's a miracle seasoning!!!


But then again, crab without seasoning is good to begin with!!!

[HeyBob]

It's the Old Bay.................

[duckman373]

I swear to (I don't have a god) !

Do you ever stop being an idiot? ARP is down the hall.

[dec]

Girlfriend is a big fan of OLD BAY. Its ok on some things but .......... Im not using it on crab. Only thing I would think of using is butter and to be honest. I dont want too much butter with it.


Never had blue crab so I dont know how differant that is then dugenous.

I do know dongonous is better then king crab ...... will have to try blue crab when I find some.

[weber]

Sounds like you are a red lobster kind of crab eater.

Down here we eat em dirty, no melted butter, just grab one out of the basket take the shell off, split the body and dig in.

My wife is from ca, and never knew what a "whole crab" looked like, and was afraid to eat at first. She was a red lobster crab eater, but now she is starting to become a real redneck. She does use to many paper towels!

[dec]

If you think Im gonna waste my money going out to eat crab ..... your dumber then I thought. Resturants want to fill you with potatoes and salad. When I'M boiling crabs I am usally not having a lot of other things to eat.

I may not live where I can go out and catch them, but thats not saying I havnt been crabing with friends when Im visiting ........ other then that the grocery does fine when their in season.

[weber]

"your dumber then I thought."

Wow, since when did I give you that impression?

[spotts]

I only had Blue Crabs once. Covered in Old Bay. Convention 2005 in Battimore. Man, beer NEVER tasted so good as that night washin down them crabs. I wonder if I could pull that off in Colorado? Build a steamer from a horse tank.......... I bet I can buy fast froze crabbies......

[HeyBob]

.......... I bet I can buy fast froze crabbies......

Spotts,

They just won't be the same. You are better off with Moose or whatever you Colorado guys eat!

[oloenneker]

Do you ever stop being an idiot? ARP is down the hall.

Are you mocking me? What does ARP have to do with it?




Grow up! Sheesh, we're talking grub in here.

[spotts]

I swear to (I don't have a god) it's the Old Bay!!

It's that line. I feel the same but I dont rub peoples noses in it and I'm not looking for conformation from others so I never mention it and I never have problems.

[Green Mountain]

Spotts,

You are better off with Moose or whatever you Colorado guys eat!

You don't want to know what they eat in Colorado.


Poor bulls.

[weber]

You don't want to know what they eat in Colorado.


Poor bulls.

[Stamas]

Sounds like you are a red lobster kind of crab eater.

Down here we eat em dirty, no melted butter, just grab one out of the basket take the shell off, split the body and dig in.

My wife is from ca, and never knew what a "whole crab" looked like, and was afraid to eat at first. She was a red lobster crab eater, but now she is starting to become a real redneck. She does use to many paper towels!

Melted butter a must!!! (It's needed to get more Old Bay stuck to the crab.)

Crabs haven't been running to good here yet. Was to have them tonite but didn't come through. We buy them from the crabbers, can't stand paying market price. Did go through a couple doz. soft crabs last week.

[weber]

Went crabbing down by Rock Hall, They were running a little slow but we still got about 2 bushels.

[oloenneker]

It's that line. I feel the same but I dont rub peoples noses in it and I'm not looking for conformation from others so I never mention it and I never have problems.

You're right...


I was not looking for confrontation...


I am sorry if I "rubbed a few noses"...







I will be more "sensitive" next time.


Now, about that damn Old Bay!! thats stuff rocks!!

[chaard]

I've got 2 lbs. of King crab in the freezer. I usually get them at Red Lobster.

So, what's the best way to steam them? Any seasoning? I think salt would be enough. And plenty of butter for dipping.

BTW, I've not had any crab better than King crab. I'll have to try the dungeness crab again.

[spotts]

I've got 2 lbs. of King crab in the freezer. I usually get them at Red Lobster.

So, what's the best way to steam them? Any seasoning? I think salt would be enough. And plenty of butter for dipping.

BTW, I've not had any crab better than King crab. I'll have to try the dungeness crab again.

I have not had worse crab than King personally. It's big, but flavorless. Snow and Dungeness are better legs. If you can, pick up king and any other at the same time and cook um together. You'll see.

[chaard]

I have not had worse crab than King personally. It's big, but flavorless. Snow and Dungeness are better legs. If you can, pick up king and any other at the same time and cook um together. You'll see.

Oh no you dih-ent!

I like Snow Crab too. I go to chinese restuarants for all you can eat. One or two restaurants have pretty good Snow crab legs, however Snow crab doesn't have as much flavor as King crab!