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How to eat crabs
Simple steps on how to eat crabs:
1. Snap off the two large claws at the body. Crack the claw shell with a mallet and pull the meat out from the cavity
2. Remove the smaller walking legs on each side of the body. Some meat will be found at the end of the joints.
3. With your thumb, remove the apron by snapping off at the joint
4. With both hands, pull the body and top shell apart.
5. With the body of the crab exposed, remove the face area; scrape off the gills and the fat, the yellowish mustard like substance in the center. The fat can be eaten, but the gills should not.
6. Break the remaining part of the body in half and then break each half again exposing the chambers containing solid white crab meat – this completes how to eat crabs.
Other steps on how to eat crabs
# Prepare your table. Eating crabs is messy. Lay down some newspaper or heavy Kraft paper to protect the table, to absorb the juices, and to make clean up easier.
# Gather up a crab mallet, dull knife, and a claw cracker if desired.
#Blue crabs..straight from the Chesapeake Bay
Blue crabs..straight from the Chesapeake Bay
Blue crabs turn a deep red after steaming. Normally they are steamed with a layer of seasoning.
# for how to eat crabs Pull off all the legs and claws with a twisting motion. You can use a dull knife in the joint to make removal easier. Sometimes some meat will come out with the leg. Eat it.
# Toss the legs (fins) and save the claws. (We will get to them in a minute)
# Turn the crab over on its back and open the apron. (The apron looks like a tab.)
# Take the top half and the bottom half in each hand, like you\'re opening a PB&J sandwich, and pull off the top shell. Take care and do this somewhat slowly. Toss the top shell.
# You will find a lot of "junk" inside, clean it out. You should toss the gills, and guts. Some people eat the "mustard" but it is an acquired taste.
# Now you should have the bottom half of the crab with the middle of it cleaned out and the gills removed to show shell.
# Take this bottom half and break it in half.
# Now take one of the halves and with a knife (or your hands) cut it in half. If you are using your hands, press down to break the chambers and then pull apart.
# Now you should have the meat exposed. Use your fingers to pull the meat out and enjoy! Use your knife to get the meat out of the smaller chambers.
# Once you have picked away all the chunk meat in the body, start with the claws. this finishes how to eat crabs.
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