Crabs $60.00 a bushel from the boat
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There are u tube video's out there with what im talking about. They are live when u crack them open. U clean them up after cracking them (5 seconds) then cook them. I always ate them the way Old School does until i ate them this way. Some guys eat all that guts and crap. Id rather it be removed before hand then seasoned and cooked. Here is a video with what i mean. This guy uses a knife but i have seen guys just use their hands to crack them open. He cleans all that shit off then cooks them. Now u can sit there and eat them without removing guts and seasoning. I don't like all those lungs and guts so i wash it off and i find i am washing off the seasoning also. U don't have to wash anything off when u clean them before cooking.
I have a buddy that bakes them with a few seasonings on them. If i can i will get the recipe. Baking them makes the shell softer and man u taste everything. Something like olive oil and celentra on them with old bay baked at 350 until they turn colors. I have seen guys crack them open like a machine. Me im a little hesitant. If u put them on ice first it slows them down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h_h20i-jPo&feature=related
Maybe so. Down here we do it just like old skool, except we normally invite women
It is like building a new stadium. Some guys are devastated when the old one comes down. Others are happy the new one is being built.
I watched a few of those YouTube videos. It looks to me like there is about a tablespoon of meat in each of those crabs by the time you are done throwing away the shit you don't eat!
Little too much work for what you get, IMO.
Little too much work for what you get, IMO.
Maybe so. Down here we do it just like old skool, except we normally invite women
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agree, but man that looks tasty
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have done it Sponge..
they are certainly tasty that way as well.
lotta folks don't have the patience for pickin'
some of the same folks don't mind if ya pick 6 or 7 real quick for them and pile it high with a dash more Old Bay and hand them another cold one..
All of a sudden lunch is super duper..
Quite simply there isn't a more Delicious taste than Jimmy's from the Chesapeake Bay and or its tributaries.
they are certainly tasty that way as well.
lotta folks don't have the patience for pickin'
some of the same folks don't mind if ya pick 6 or 7 real quick for them and pile it high with a dash more Old Bay and hand them another cold one..
All of a sudden lunch is super duper..
Quite simply there isn't a more Delicious taste than Jimmy's from the Chesapeake Bay and or its tributaries.
Sponge, that's the way I cook them, Fuck dealing with all the lungs and guts, I ice them down and just rip the shells off, get the lungs off and hose out the guts. Old Bay and rock salt seasoning right in with the meat. I get about 5-6 bushels a year. Chester River crabs and Wye Mills, the best crabs from the Chesapeake.:toast:
Bob u ever see guys slurp all those guts down? Almost makes ya want to puke. U would think a guy from Maryland and another from La. would have heard them cleaned this way :facepalm:
Some people love eating that crap. Not me, I've been around the upper chesapeake bay area all my life and don't like all the guts. I'll eat them like that but my wife and kids (24-21) will not so I always clean them. Much better IMO.:toast:
ya got to try baking them. Best i ever had. Have to get the recipe. My buddy is funny that way and might not give it to me. Not sure if he bakes them or broils them. think he bakes them.
great guy who crabs for a livin' in Back Bay in VB set us up with a great mess of Jimmy's.
we can get a bushel for :00hour 60 bucks thru Nov.
fat..heavy and delish..
Old School, that's an awesome price, I buy my crabs in Chesapeke City, MD. I've been paying $150 a bushel for the last 5 years or so, but I'm not getting them directly from a commercial crabber.
If u can get the balls to crack them by hand u prolly won't go back to eating them the other way.
