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Caught a few crabs today šŸ¦€ (not in my pants)
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Caught a few crabs today šŸ¦€ (not in my pants)


Ummmm this is my first time ever eating a fresh blue crab I usually buy them precooked an frozenā€¦first off Iā€™m shocked by how clean it is it makes me think the ones Iā€™m used to eating are not cleaned properly but as far as the taste is not too tasty lol it taste very fishy any suggestions on how i should cook them to make them more tasty? 9 left I caught quite a few

by freeliving910

13 Comments

  1. Flight444

    This is why I never get the love for blue crab here. Hasnā€™t really been my thing when Iā€™ve had it live caught on the coast.

  2. qalcolm

    How did you go about cooking it? Granted my experience is only with Dungeness (no blues on the west coast) I typically just chop em in half and gut em then either steam or boil em, never noticed any sort of fishy taste.

  3. Severe-Rub-2862

    Where’s the old bay or J.O? Crab is looking plain

  4. Cool_Share2602

    Damn get some seasoning on that bad boy

  7. Boston_Glass

    Are the ones you caught still alive?

    If so before cooking it rip the top off and clean out the guts and rip out the gills. Fry them in a bunch of seasoning. Not deep fried

    Much different flavor profile than what youā€™ve got here.

    Iā€™m a foodie and blue claw crabs are my favorite but itā€™s a lot of work.

  9. Raverntx

    ā€¦ this is the only pic we get OP? šŸ˜¤

  11. Express_Area_8359

    OLD BAY COAT then steam in as garlic onion water maybe beer corn too. Little butter to dip. My hack

  13. _jyoo_

    Youā€™re boiling? I prefer steamed for blues. Also does it look a little under done to anyone else? Maybe YouTube a Maryland old bay crab. Pretty sure you could steam and then shake in a brown paper bag with old bay.

    If not plain with butter and lemon after a short steam is my jam. Shouldnt taste ā€œfishyā€ with or without the old bay especially when caught live.