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Crab fat/roe in BR
Posted on 3/14/19 at 11:03 am
Posted on 3/14/19 at 11:03 am
I was looking to try to cook Toups' recipe for crab fat rice. Does anyone know where in BR you can buy the crab fat/roe needed for this dish?
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Posted on 3/14/19 at 12:03 pm to macbuilder
You aren't going to find fat and eggs (no one in LA calls blue crab eggs "roe") sold separately. You're going to need to buy female crabs (boiled or boil 'em yourself) and then pick the crabs, saving the fat and eggs. There is no guarantee that the crabs will contain eggs...though you can pick out "fat" crabs by looking for raw crabs with a yellowish tint to their white undersides (rather than a bluish cast).
Posted on 3/14/19 at 12:30 pm to macbuilder
You cant even buy that stuff on the bayous, most pickinging house throw it away. As mentioned you going to have buy some fat females and pick them yourselves.
Posted on 3/14/19 at 12:51 pm to CHEDBALLZ
Exactly. It's a DIY product.
Also, that stuff is highly perishable...even moreso than picked crabmeat. So you need to pick & then use within 24 hrs or so.
The "fat" is technically the crab's hepatopancreas, a/k/a "mustard" by folks in the mid-Atlantic region. It is a filtering organ, so toxins tend to accumulate in the fat. Eat it sparingly, and don't eat it at all if you're fishing for crabs in an especially dirty location (I mean mercury, other heavy metals, not silt/dirt). IE, industrial runoff zones, downriver from a Superfund site, etc. Free swimming Gulf crabs have lower levels of contamination....
Also, that stuff is highly perishable...even moreso than picked crabmeat. So you need to pick & then use within 24 hrs or so.
The "fat" is technically the crab's hepatopancreas, a/k/a "mustard" by folks in the mid-Atlantic region. It is a filtering organ, so toxins tend to accumulate in the fat. Eat it sparingly, and don't eat it at all if you're fishing for crabs in an especially dirty location (I mean mercury, other heavy metals, not silt/dirt). IE, industrial runoff zones, downriver from a Superfund site, etc. Free swimming Gulf crabs have lower levels of contamination....
Posted on 3/14/19 at 3:38 pm to macbuilder
You're almost certainly not going to find the roe for sale on its own. Hell, I don't even know if it's legal to sell. It's definitely illegal to take a crab that has eggs attached to the bottom of its shell, but that's more late summer/early fall.
Your best bet might be to buy a few dozen all female crabs, scald them to kill them so you can pick them and hope that you get a few with roe sacs. They'll be kinda right in the middle of the crab when you peel off the shell and will be a bright orange color. It is different from the "fat", which will be more of a mustard color. This is the time of year where you'll find females with roe sacs, too, so good luck!
If you do find some and decide you don't want to do the rice, she-crab soup is friggin' delicious.
Your best bet might be to buy a few dozen all female crabs, scald them to kill them so you can pick them and hope that you get a few with roe sacs. They'll be kinda right in the middle of the crab when you peel off the shell and will be a bright orange color. It is different from the "fat", which will be more of a mustard color. This is the time of year where you'll find females with roe sacs, too, so good luck!
If you do find some and decide you don't want to do the rice, she-crab soup is friggin' delicious.
This post was edited on 3/14/19 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 3/14/19 at 4:04 pm to hungryone
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The "fat" is technically the crab's hepatopancreas, a/k/a "mustard" by folks in the mid-Atlantic region. It is a filtering organ, so toxins tend to accumulate in the fat. Eat it sparingly, and don't eat it at all if you're fishing for crabs in an especially dirty location (I mean mercury, other heavy metals, not silt/dirt). IE, industrial runoff zones, downriver from a Superfund site, etc. Free swimming Gulf crabs have lower levels of contamination....
I never want to eat She Crab soup again. Thanks, buddy
Posted on 3/14/19 at 6:23 pm to mmmmmbeeer
She crab soup uses eggs/roe, not crab fat. So you’re safe.
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