Fishing sucked today but picked up some live crabs

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Boil them until they float, soak them until they sink is the way I was always taught, never had any issues.

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They take longer to float then do crawfish, but you get the idea.

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Ice them before you drop them in the pot.

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dont skip this. much lower chance of them popping legs and claws off.

Nice timing on this thread. I’m about to walk across the street here in a bit with some tunes, some beers, and my new crab trap, and try and catch some of those for dinner.

Drop in a rolling boil. Let them come back to a slow boil...count 5 minutes. Cut the fire and soak @ 20 minutes, until a claw taste right.

Ice the crabs before you put them in the pot. Reduces the likelihood they drop their claws.

hutton gonna get ya baw!

I put them in tap water and bring it to a boil. They keep their legs. I know it's cruel, but delicious

Don’t forget to add a few of these

Well treated them like a crawfish boil



Big Bag of Louisiana Cajun Fire Seasoning
2/3 cup of Chinese Red Peppers
2 Bag of Boil Boosters (Citrus and Garlic)
Lemon Juice
Onions
Celery
Garlic

Tried to get some ice on these bastards but it didn’t matter they were some angry lil crabs and caught me a few times on the hand

Roaring boil , dumped in crabs, potatoes and sausage , cooked for 10 minutes

Killed boil dumped frozen corn, edamame, and the shooms on top and let them soak for about 25 minutes

I don’t know if these were just really fresh but I’ve never had meat exit crabs as easily as these did. I did throw in a lil vinegar but doubt that made much a difference.

Family was very satisfied and I ate myself stupid with these crabs. they were delicious

Steam them.

Steamed crabs