Anything south of the Mason-Dixon is southern, plain and simple. But to say using Old Bay is yankee, well that's just plain ignorant. That and steaming are the only way to eat crabs. KrispyK, why don't you stick to your zatarans or whatever and those mud bugs. You guys just ruin real seafood by boiling it anyway.
Lawlz, southerners debating whether they're "southern" enough. I've never been able to get my head around the group of people who are actually proud of being from the asshole of the country; a place the rest of the world looks upon with disgust, a place of trash culture, ignorance, poor hygiene, antiprogress, discrimination, racism, closedmindedness and an overall "heritage" that anyone in their right mind should be ashamed of. Yet they continue to shamelessly wave the flag. It's just beyond me.
If you are cooking with Old Bay- you clearly do. Down south we cook with Swamp Fire, Slap Ya Mama, and at the very least Zatarans. And FYI Virginia isn't exactly Southern anymore- sorry!
yum im eating crabs wright now does guys are vicious my dad grabs one (live) and they start to get angry spit bubbles and one time my dad got cut by a pincer
@Nick75987 actually, my wife and I are meeting a friend at Bubba's (a VB seafood place) for lunch. Crabcakes and cold beer sounds pretty good to me. I'll report back later.
best way to eat crustaceans and most seafood are steam it in sea water, and not add anything. And for the dipping, you want mixture of salt, ground pepper and lime,
Nothing else is needed for a fantastic seafood meal
@phillydevilboy92 no, I don't have a game system right now. I had a regular Xbox with a driving simulator I made but I gave the whole thing to a friend. I am planning to get a 360 or PS3 and build a new simulator but just haven't had the time to get to it yet.
@phillydevilboy92 yeah, I have friends with both systems and from what I have heard the 360 has better graphics but the PS3 has more features. Since I really only ever play driving and racing games I will probably go for the 360. Besides a friends is selling me his 360 for $125. At the end, I don't have much time to use it anyway. The free Internet game access is a huge benefit for PS3 though,
F a crab! You should see my feet after flounder gigging this week! F an oyster too! I feel like an emo kid with a foot fetish accompanied by razor blades! lol
@erigais you LEFT Virginia Beach? This fall when the blues turn red, I'll be thinking of you. Probably even throw some clams on the Weber since they go good with beer just like the crabs. Can you smell the Old Bay?
nice blue crab dude, not to dis you sniperserg but those are not dungies I catch dungeness 3 times a week right now here in Washington and their about twice the sz. of a blue crab. @vbdenny whats the limit on those crab?
There are crabs like this by a beach where I went today.
I'm thinking of taking one home next time and cooking it, however I'm definitely going to educate myself on them first before I have a crab dancing around my place. :P
@9878tubeyou we keep gallon jugs of Old Bay around so we don't care about wasting it. When it steams into those delicious beauties, there is nothing like it. Going to cook shrimp tonight though.
lol this guy is funny i thought he only put old bay on he crabs and ate them without cooking them but when i look closely they wee cooked LOL those crabs looked good though :)
i see the crabs but where's the beer ?? Somebody once said something about pouring beer in the pot when steaming em, i said why would you waste the beer ?? Its like cooking wine ! Its called cooking wine because you drink it as your cooking !!!
@vbdenny and you can always add the old bay to the water and get it flavored, ill give you credit for using old bay on crab. i usually poach shrimp and sometimes lobster in a court bouilion made with a little bit of old bay along with other spices.
@sniperserg Old Bay is a staple here in the south. Steaming them probably kills them faster anyway since steam is much hotter than boiling water. Either way, eating them is just terrific. The poached shrimp and lobster sounds good, I'll have to try that some time.
@skateboy159 I have always heard you should never do that. I think I heard some kind of toxin is released when they die. I'm not a marine biologist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
@SpadesHeart no way to keep the blue. The second the steam hits them they begin turning to the red color you typically see in crabs. Not sure why that happens but I would be interested to hear.
Hey how do you cook the Crabs? do you let the water boil first and they put them in? or do you boil the water and the craps at the same time?I dont know i just want to do it in the less cruel way posible.
Easy to cook but it helps if you have a crab steaming pot. You don't boil the crabs, you boil water then spinkle some Old Bay on them and drop them in so they steam. After they turn from blue to deep red, take them out and eat them.
same with everything my friend. In the past we caught them in plentiful amounts in the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River. Now they are about gone.
Ya gotta eat them all once you cook em, or put them in the fridge right away. Thats the only thing i hate about crabs. They go bad SOOOO FAST. They're is like a 10 hour window before they go bad. But if you put them in the fridge as soon as ur finished cooking them they can last about 2-3 days.
We never seem to have the problem of eating them all. After we have our fill, we sit and pick and then save the crabmeat which freezes fine. Haven't ever stored cooked crabs since it seemed like a bad idea.
@vbdenny I cooked 2 bushels one time for a bar b q at around 11am. At around 11pm all the crabs that were sitting out started smelling like ammonia. And it wasnt easy throwing about a half a bushel in the trash.
Lucky you, because let me tell ya. It sucks wasting all that food. I just figured id give ya a heads up for next time you and ur family and friends have a cook out, to not cook more than what will be eatten within a few hours. But yes putting them in a fridge with plastic wrap does keep them fresh for a few days. But to tell ya the truth, watching this video again just put me in the mood for some. HAHA.
Yummy! They look delicious! We boil crabs every week, lol. We live on the ocean so we throw the crab traps out and come home with 2 traps full of crabs. That's some good eating!
they were alive thats how there cooked except for maybe (im not trying to be racist) at some of the cheeper chinese restaurant will cook them dead and they taste like shit
I'm surprised that you said that 'cause Chinese ppl generally like their seafood super-fresh. Like those tanks of live lobster and crab at the restaurants. Well, I guess if that's how they have to be cooked, it can't be helped. But I still feel bad for them! :/
Not long ago I would have agreed with protoncode but I just had a friend return from a year in China. I was quite surprized when he told me what fanatics the Chinese are about fresh food and food in general.
mirandaconner~thanks for the info; I wasn't aware of that. I was only speaking from a humanitarian perspective. Not sure why my comment would get a thumbs down because of it.
Shellfish ( clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, shrimp, prawn, lobster, crayfish, and crabs,) need to be cooked when they are alive. When crabs die they release an enzyme that breaks down the muscle or meat that is inside. This result is the meat becoming very mushy. If you ever eat shellfish at a restaurant and it is mushy, send it back. That animal was dead before it was cooked and that is not sanitary and it could be dangerous.
i have 4 as pets im going to the beach tommorow to get them salt water (santa cruz ) but till then i got them sea salt mix and they eat fish my grandma got a lot from the store and she let me pick four since they were still alive i picked the mosed aggresive:)
I remember catching blue crabs down in the Indian River Inlet near bethany Beach, Delaware! The Old Bay Seasoning has the tendency to calm the active crabs down when they are covered by a good dustingof it! Easier to handle then! Del-Marva Crabcakes!!! That is some GOOD EATIN'!
years ago we caught them in quanity on the elizabeth river here. now, you have to buy them since if you put out a dozen crab pots with nasty smell, partial decomposed chicken parts in them, you might get 12 crabs. sucks but we now have enough money to buy them. and the old bay... damn, you made me hungrey!
Oh they were all finished. We usually have a bunch of people and sit around and drink beer, eat and when we are full we just pick the crabmeat for later.
yeah, like packrats we hoard it away. We freeze it and then use it to make crab dip for our parties. Nobody really eats all that much, it is more like pick and store and have some when you feel like it. Old Bay and beer just set the tone. We cover the table with newspapers and dump a bunch in the middle. Then you just pick a crab and break it up. Once you have the technique down, you can clean one in a couple minutes provided you aren't yakking.
Now I want to go back to Maryland and get some BCs. Damn. Hey real quick though. They weren't moving when we all first saw them. Were they pre-frozen or chilled? Just gettin ideas from when I cook crabs next time. In the past it was pretty much a battle between the claws VS tongs. Although the chopstick method works too.
Yes we all know succulants foul quicker than other meats BUT that doesn't mean boilling it alive is better than freezing it alive for your health. Now what would you prefer? Being tossed in a pot or a freezer? Freezer DUH!
So why boil the crab alive instead of freezing it alive or cutting it up?
Can someone answer that instead of giving me a thumbs down and saying shit about "shocked" when that's not what I'm suggesting. I've heard there's an EASY way to put LOBSTERS to sleep in your hand
i think it's so fucked up that they cook them alive. these guys looked dead but still. u should euthanize them 1st. i heard there's a way to put them to sleep by holding down some part of their body in tv when I was a kid. The show was saying how crab cooks know this but choose not to do it. In fact the person who said it was a crab cook supposively who WAS doing it that way.
either way your killing them. only when you put them in shock they cant move. if u drop them in boiling water they die fast. if u shock them they die slower
"they were crabs they were meant to be eaten" yes they were and I eat them too. BUT most animals get eaten believe it or not. Think of a predatory fish that is not usually the "prey" of another. When that fish dies and gets washed up to shore, the crabs will eat it ;) -- if not it decomposes and plants eat it.
Point is their purpose on earth isn't so much providing food. I think the purpose is cleaning aka taking out the garbage :-P
would you want to be eaten?
tubeyou9878 1 month ago
is that some seasoning on the crabs, if so can you describe the taste.
oformeat 1 month ago
I like eating crabs.... I eat them alive... more fresh and crunchy
TheRedCoke 3 months ago
@TheRedCoke true, very true. Maybe I'll have a few raw oysters this afternoon to give me something to wash down with my beer.
vbdenny 3 months ago
i love crabs but not to eat.
remektheyoshifan103 4 months ago
Man I love Southern cooking!!! The best!!
oAINGIRYo 5 months ago
Jealousy factor is pinging high, I need to get back to VA Beach, I'm all the way on the other side of VA, the mountains are my backdrop.
Vernonu9 5 months ago
Omg I love crabs
85TAYBABY 5 months ago
@85TAYBABY if you don't love them, then something is wrong.
vbdenny 5 months ago
@TheOnlineCommunity which country are you talking about? The USA?
ZombiesFan95 5 months ago
Im feelin bluuuue, just dreamin of yooouuu.
Trashfished 6 months ago
What time are we eating?
apapastrat 7 months ago
Anything south of the Mason-Dixon is southern, plain and simple. But to say using Old Bay is yankee, well that's just plain ignorant. That and steaming are the only way to eat crabs. KrispyK, why don't you stick to your zatarans or whatever and those mud bugs. You guys just ruin real seafood by boiling it anyway.
jasonmc74 7 months ago
Lawlz, southerners debating whether they're "southern" enough. I've never been able to get my head around the group of people who are actually proud of being from the asshole of the country; a place the rest of the world looks upon with disgust, a place of trash culture, ignorance, poor hygiene, antiprogress, discrimination, racism, closedmindedness and an overall "heritage" that anyone in their right mind should be ashamed of. Yet they continue to shamelessly wave the flag. It's just beyond me.
TheOnlineCommunity 7 months ago
@TheOnlineCommunity
Where are you from? Im an American naturalized citizen but you seem to have a very pretentious view.... please pray tell
KillahB89 6 months ago
@KillahB89 I'm from Naples, Florida.
TheOnlineCommunity 6 months ago
Who says "you guys" and considers themselves Southern?
TheKrispyK 7 months ago
@TheKrispyK Robert E. Lee
vbdenny 7 months ago 4
@TheKrispyK you got served dipshit
teabaggervance8 2 months ago
Alabama = Mexico- um no?
TheKrispyK 7 months ago
If you are cooking with Old Bay- you clearly do. Down south we cook with Swamp Fire, Slap Ya Mama, and at the very least Zatarans. And FYI Virginia isn't exactly Southern anymore- sorry!
TheKrispyK 7 months ago 4
@TheKrispyK well I figured with the capital of the confederacy about 100 miles to the north we were. Where you guys are we consider Mexico.
vbdenny 7 months ago 4
Old Bay? Typical Yankee!
TheKrispyK 8 months ago
@TheKrispyK yup, here in southeastern Virginia we follow Yankee traditions. Huh?
vbdenny 7 months ago
holy crap thats a lot of crabs.
Deadxiaomei 8 months ago
So they turn red when you cook them?? I thought they would turn black!
DG3744 11 months ago
@DG3744 no, they turn bright red then you hit them with the Old Bay and you are good to go
vbdenny 11 months ago 4
@vbdenny it made my dick sooo hard
Trollingwithmyhomies 10 months ago
yum im eating crabs wright now does guys are vicious my dad grabs one (live) and they start to get angry spit bubbles and one time my dad got cut by a pincer
enriqueification 1 year ago
@enriqueification yup, those litttle sucker will grab you if you give them the opportunity and they move fast.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny ya but they are tasty
enriqueification 1 year ago
@enriqueification lol, yeah, makes it worth the danger I guess.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny mmm love the blue crabs cant wait for a couple mouths and get out there
Nick75987 11 months ago
@Nick75987 actually, my wife and I are meeting a friend at Bubba's (a VB seafood place) for lunch. Crabcakes and cold beer sounds pretty good to me. I'll report back later.
vbdenny 11 months ago
@vbdenny mmm same were u live to catch these crabs
Nick75987 11 months ago
did you save some 4 me..lol
darrylhaynes 1 year ago
many crabs were harmed during this video
bastardpirate1 1 year ago
@bastardpirate1 many crabs were EATEN shortly after this video.
vbdenny 1 year ago 9
best way to eat crustaceans and most seafood are steam it in sea water, and not add anything. And for the dipping, you want mixture of salt, ground pepper and lime,
Nothing else is needed for a fantastic seafood meal
IgnoredComment 1 year ago
Ew crabs are so creepy and gross. I wouldn't be able to go anywhere near that bucket.
Bille994 1 year ago
Oh man they Looked Good
DEFECTX9 1 year ago
I uploaded some video about korean marinade blue crab. plz watch it and leave even a text
gundrag000 1 year ago
the part i hate is the cooling down
apexibb750 1 year ago
not blue crabs no more its red crabs :O
n00bszpro 1 year ago
i would hate to be the crab on the bottom
jman21121 1 year ago
r.i.p crab you lived a good 3 weeks now its time for you too be my dinner <3
phillydevilboy92 1 year ago
@phillydevilboy92 hey philly. Gonna start 7 I see. What could be better than eating crabs and watching Michael Vick? Still the best NFL QB.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny LMAOOO speaking of football when is the next football game sunday right?
phillydevilboy92 1 year ago
@phillydevilboy92 Not sure but probably. Hard to keep up anymore.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny lol dude you got ps3 ?
phillydevilboy92 1 year ago
@phillydevilboy92 no, I don't have a game system right now. I had a regular Xbox with a driving simulator I made but I gave the whole thing to a friend. I am planning to get a 360 or PS3 and build a new simulator but just haven't had the time to get to it yet.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny hmm i like 360 but ps3 = free like...internet and stuff
phillydevilboy92 1 year ago
@phillydevilboy92 yeah, I have friends with both systems and from what I have heard the 360 has better graphics but the PS3 has more features. Since I really only ever play driving and racing games I will probably go for the 360. Besides a friends is selling me his 360 for $125. At the end, I don't have much time to use it anyway. The free Internet game access is a huge benefit for PS3 though,
vbdenny 1 year ago
they are under-size at my area
IgnoredComment 1 year ago
@IgnoredComment they are undersized for what was in this area but now they are about gone anyway in the Chesapeake.
vbdenny 1 year ago
Did you catch these or did you really find them?
MahajiHaji 1 year ago
@MahajiHaji bought them at a local seafood store
vbdenny 1 year ago
F a crab! You should see my feet after flounder gigging this week! F an oyster too! I feel like an emo kid with a foot fetish accompanied by razor blades! lol
strikenetter 1 year ago
blue crabs taste the best, the butter is so tasty.. better than other crabs
killerfocker 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
looks pretty good.
Omarv8power 1 year ago
man this makes me miss va beach. layers of crab with old bay between and steamed is the way to go.
erigais 1 year ago
@erigais you LEFT Virginia Beach? This fall when the blues turn red, I'll be thinking of you. Probably even throw some clams on the Weber since they go good with beer just like the crabs. Can you smell the Old Bay?
vbdenny 1 year ago
man this makes me miss va beach. layers of crab with old bay between and steamed is the way to go.
erigais 1 year ago
those blue crabs are very blue!! wow!!!
fl4v0rfu11 1 year ago
nice blue crab dude, not to dis you sniperserg but those are not dungies I catch dungeness 3 times a week right now here in Washington and their about twice the sz. of a blue crab. @vbdenny whats the limit on those crab?
crabber59 1 year ago
There are crabs like this by a beach where I went today.
I'm thinking of taking one home next time and cooking it, however I'm definitely going to educate myself on them first before I have a crab dancing around my place. :P
GoneGuru99 1 year ago
congratzz on the great cach there all huge
who885 1 year ago
Now there Red Crabs :D
PeoplesChino 1 year ago
YOU KILLED MY KRABBY!!!!
FuryzPKz 1 year ago
What Part of virgina beach cause im going up there this weekend to do it.
khmerkid27 1 year ago
good video :D
safespot333 1 year ago
add seasoning just after cooking. You waste it steaming it. You wouldn't need more than half of a cup for a bushel.
9878tubeyou 1 year ago
@9878tubeyou we keep gallon jugs of Old Bay around so we don't care about wasting it. When it steams into those delicious beauties, there is nothing like it. Going to cook shrimp tonight though.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny Actually you only want a little bit of seasoning. No more than hal;f a cupe to a bushel. Because you aren't eatin git all anyway.
9878tubeyou 1 year ago
lol this guy is funny i thought he only put old bay on he crabs and ate them without cooking them but when i look closely they wee cooked LOL those crabs looked good though :)
pilotdave1000 1 year ago
i see the crabs but where's the beer ?? Somebody once said something about pouring beer in the pot when steaming em, i said why would you waste the beer ?? Its like cooking wine ! Its called cooking wine because you drink it as your cooking !!!
strikenetter 1 year ago
next time submerge them in a boiling liquid and put them out of their misery quickly.
and those look like dungeness crab and not blue crab as the title states.
sniperserg 1 year ago
@sniperserg they are blue crabs, not dungeness. If you drop them into boiling water all you accomplish is washing off the Old Bay.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny and you can always add the old bay to the water and get it flavored, ill give you credit for using old bay on crab. i usually poach shrimp and sometimes lobster in a court bouilion made with a little bit of old bay along with other spices.
sniperserg 1 year ago
@sniperserg Old Bay is a staple here in the south. Steaming them probably kills them faster anyway since steam is much hotter than boiling water. Either way, eating them is just terrific. The poached shrimp and lobster sounds good, I'll have to try that some time.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny yes you can cook i just saw them is super market , shipped from thailand to uk , do the calculation.
if my mother land we do that all the time.
emopicz 1 year ago
@vbdenny but the seasoning remains in the water and you let the soak so they absorb the seasoning.
SaintsRule84 1 year ago
tasty...
yourleftnut1 1 year ago
can u cook crab if they die few hours b4 cooking?
skateboy159 1 year ago
@skateboy159 I have always heard you should never do that. I think I heard some kind of toxin is released when they die. I'm not a marine biologist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
vbdenny 1 year ago
wow... they're actually blue before your season and cook em...
SpadesHeart 1 year ago
@SpadesHeart yes they are, a beautiful shade of blue which is very brilliant.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny is there any way to retain that color after cooking? I'd be interested in learning that for presentation purposes.
SpadesHeart 1 year ago
@SpadesHeart no way to keep the blue. The second the steam hits them they begin turning to the red color you typically see in crabs. Not sure why that happens but I would be interested to hear.
vbdenny 1 year ago
@vbdenny hmm... i don't get many crabs where I live but I would like to try cooking them. I'm sure i could figure out a way to preserve the color...
SpadesHeart 1 year ago
Okay, this video didn't teach me anything...
Check out the you tube video on the Collapse-A-Trap, it teaches you how to catch live bait fish so you don't have to pay for it no more!
redmond424 1 year ago
Hey how do you cook the Crabs? do you let the water boil first and they put them in? or do you boil the water and the craps at the same time?I dont know i just want to do it in the less cruel way posible.
drusio210071 2 years ago
Easy to cook but it helps if you have a crab steaming pot. You don't boil the crabs, you boil water then spinkle some Old Bay on them and drop them in so they steam. After they turn from blue to deep red, take them out and eat them.
vbdenny 2 years ago
We used to get over 100 a night.. Now day's i'm lucky to get 4-5 at semaphore beach in south Australia. Or just nothing :(
MercOhra 2 years ago
Didn't know south Australia had blue crabs. Kind of sad how limited their numbers are now.
vbdenny 2 years ago
Yeah, it's getting really bad.
MercOhra 2 years ago
Its amazing the markup on blue crabs. Consumers pay 3 times what i get for them. Tasty though ! lol
strikenetter 2 years ago
same with everything my friend. In the past we caught them in plentiful amounts in the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River. Now they are about gone.
vbdenny 2 years ago
Ya gotta eat them all once you cook em, or put them in the fridge right away. Thats the only thing i hate about crabs. They go bad SOOOO FAST. They're is like a 10 hour window before they go bad. But if you put them in the fridge as soon as ur finished cooking them they can last about 2-3 days.
smartass2st 2 years ago
We never seem to have the problem of eating them all. After we have our fill, we sit and pick and then save the crabmeat which freezes fine. Haven't ever stored cooked crabs since it seemed like a bad idea.
vbdenny 2 years ago
@vbdenny I cooked 2 bushels one time for a bar b q at around 11am. At around 11pm all the crabs that were sitting out started smelling like ammonia. And it wasnt easy throwing about a half a bushel in the trash.
smartass2st 2 years ago
We usually have them cleaned and done within a couple hours of when they were cooked.
vbdenny 2 years ago
Lucky you, because let me tell ya. It sucks wasting all that food. I just figured id give ya a heads up for next time you and ur family and friends have a cook out, to not cook more than what will be eatten within a few hours. But yes putting them in a fridge with plastic wrap does keep them fresh for a few days. But to tell ya the truth, watching this video again just put me in the mood for some. HAHA.
smartass2st 2 years ago
man i miss living where crab are abundant! Its expensive as hell to get a small amount of crab here! There so beautiful
shmoopsy87 2 years ago
I'm Vegan and that looks good...
WithLoveAliceCullen 2 years ago 19
now that IS impressive. Thanks
vbdenny 2 years ago
@WithLoveAliceCullen lol
Assassin9531 1 year ago
@WithLoveAliceCullen go die in a fire after shooting yourself
Trollingwithmyhomies 10 months ago
im pregnant and i want crab NOW!!!!
mizzroro559 2 years ago 2
or what, you'll get crabby? Whatever, got to keep you happy, here's a bushel for you
vbdenny 2 years ago
wait i thought you had to cook them alive
pilotdave1000 2 years ago
We never cook the dead ones, they go back in the river as food for their friends.
vbdenny 2 years ago
oh man that looks good, *gets up and gos to cook some pathetic cheap artificial crab meat :(
rhino2960 2 years ago
whats wrong with you
cayucosman48 2 years ago
LOL @ showing the seasonings and then next screen those babies are nice and seasoned up. :D
Shorty20122012 2 years ago
yummy!!! i want some!!!
numba1pimpcess 2 years ago
crab... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
yamahanum 2 years ago 4
mmmh looks good
breitling911 2 years ago
It must have hurt the crabs' hearts to see the seasoning. lol
polarspirit 2 years ago
oh yeah, when the Old Bay hits them, they know they are food
vbdenny 2 years ago
these are big
waldoshot42 2 years ago
Yummy! They look delicious! We boil crabs every week, lol. We live on the ocean so we throw the crab traps out and come home with 2 traps full of crabs. That's some good eating!
YvetteMBriggs 2 years ago 12
@YvetteMBriggs dude you live on the ocean wtf are you mermaid man?
rayray598 8 months ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Are they already dead? I hope they are! I have a thing about crabs and lobsters being steamed/boiled when they're still alive.
audgeyp 2 years ago
they were alive thats how there cooked except for maybe (im not trying to be racist) at some of the cheeper chinese restaurant will cook them dead and they taste like shit
protoncode 2 years ago
I'm surprised that you said that 'cause Chinese ppl generally like their seafood super-fresh. Like those tanks of live lobster and crab at the restaurants. Well, I guess if that's how they have to be cooked, it can't be helped. But I still feel bad for them! :/
audgeyp 2 years ago
Not long ago I would have agreed with protoncode but I just had a friend return from a year in China. I was quite surprized when he told me what fanatics the Chinese are about fresh food and food in general.
vbdenny 2 years ago
aggreed
protoncode 2 years ago
never eat an already dead crab, they release a toxin that can hurt u
mirandaconner 2 years ago
mirandaconner~thanks for the info; I wasn't aware of that. I was only speaking from a humanitarian perspective. Not sure why my comment would get a thumbs down because of it.
audgeyp 2 years ago
Shellfish ( clams, mussels, oysters, scallops, shrimp, prawn, lobster, crayfish, and crabs,) need to be cooked when they are alive. When crabs die they release an enzyme that breaks down the muscle or meat that is inside. This result is the meat becoming very mushy. If you ever eat shellfish at a restaurant and it is mushy, send it back. That animal was dead before it was cooked and that is not sanitary and it could be dangerous.
AbsolutBB 2 years ago
Ok, much thanks for the tip AbsoluBB.
audgeyp 2 years ago
crabborific
fupenjiu 2 years ago
i have 4 as pets im going to the beach tommorow to get them salt water (santa cruz ) but till then i got them sea salt mix and they eat fish my grandma got a lot from the store and she let me pick four since they were still alive i picked the mosed aggresive:)
grayce13 2 years ago
Don't eat blue crabs, they help control the zebra mussels.
userkc 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure that zebra mussels inhabit fresh water lakes and I know blue crabs are in salt or brackish water.
Besides, crabs are so tasty, how can you look at those beautiful creatures and not want to eat them?
vbdenny 2 years ago
you said "how can you look at those beautiful creatures and not want to eat them" haha that kinda funny.......
trivuong 2 years ago 2
I don't really like seafood so I'll just look at them!
04smallmj 2 years ago
ohhhh, uh huh. The only reason you don't like to eat them is because you haven't tasted them. Man, dump on some Old Bay and uhhh huh.
vbdenny 2 years ago
I remember catching blue crabs down in the Indian River Inlet near bethany Beach, Delaware! The Old Bay Seasoning has the tendency to calm the active crabs down when they are covered by a good dustingof it! Easier to handle then! Del-Marva Crabcakes!!! That is some GOOD EATIN'!
Titan752 2 years ago
years ago we caught them in quanity on the elizabeth river here. now, you have to buy them since if you put out a dozen crab pots with nasty smell, partial decomposed chicken parts in them, you might get 12 crabs. sucks but we now have enough money to buy them. and the old bay... damn, you made me hungrey!
vbdenny 2 years ago
0:16 so happy =] 0:35 so sad =[
hmoobsoldier95 2 years ago
What mathod was used for catching these crabs?
//Greetings from Sweden
414gbg 2 years ago
most crabs are caught by using baited crab pots but you can catch them with a piece of string and a net. Hello Sweden, thanks for watching
vbdenny 2 years ago
good lord this is making me hungry
Res0lut1on 2 years ago 3
And this is why I'm going back to MD/VA. A little to visit the fam...but mostly for the BCs!
katanaburner 2 years ago
damn, I can almost smell the Old Bay.
vbdenny 2 years ago
mind if i pull up a chair?? makes me fricken hungry
jhummus 2 years ago
Hey grab a chair, I'll get you a cold beer and you'll be good to go. Don't forget the Old Bay.
vbdenny 2 years ago
LOl xD
jimmydr50 2 years ago
how many do you need?
28viking69 2 years ago
as many as you can get. Just think about having a nice crab dip right about now
vbdenny 2 years ago
damnnn that shit looks good.
nt250934 2 years ago
and in this case looks are NOT deceiving. This shit WAS good.
vbdenny 2 years ago
I was raised in annapolis Maryland back in the 60's We used to net these babies off the pilings
at the marinas
We'd eat crab every day for a whole summer.
soft crab sandwiches for lunch everyday
kellythesinger 2 years ago
back years ago we could go out in the river across the street and throw in some crab pots and fill them. Now,you might get one or two.
vbdenny 2 years ago
Nice magic. Blue crabs become red crabs. Haha... By the way, that's a lot of crabs. Can you finish all?
StalwartSpirit 2 years ago
Oh they were all finished. We usually have a bunch of people and sit around and drink beer, eat and when we are full we just pick the crabmeat for later.
vbdenny 2 years ago
Wow very big eaters. That means the crab meat will be treated as snacks instead of a meal?
StalwartSpirit 2 years ago
yeah, like packrats we hoard it away. We freeze it and then use it to make crab dip for our parties. Nobody really eats all that much, it is more like pick and store and have some when you feel like it. Old Bay and beer just set the tone. We cover the table with newspapers and dump a bunch in the middle. Then you just pick a crab and break it up. Once you have the technique down, you can clean one in a couple minutes provided you aren't yakking.
vbdenny 2 years ago
The way you said it sounds like this is a man's party.
StalwartSpirit 2 years ago
Man's party? not at all. A bunch of middle aged couples and realtives we have known forever. A neighborhood thing.
vbdenny 2 years ago
damn! dude my mom loves blue crabs. personally, i like red rock crab. but whatever. she'd love to see a bucket like that on the front porch.
Btw, did you catch them or buy them?
lardtaziumwadmaster 3 years ago
bought them since they are difficult to catch now
vbdenny 2 years ago
Now I want to go back to Maryland and get some BCs. Damn. Hey real quick though. They weren't moving when we all first saw them. Were they pre-frozen or chilled? Just gettin ideas from when I cook crabs next time. In the past it was pretty much a battle between the claws VS tongs. Although the chopstick method works too.
katanaburner 3 years ago
fvck ckrabs nikka die slow bich..
sickster420 3 years ago
Yes we all know succulants foul quicker than other meats BUT that doesn't mean boilling it alive is better than freezing it alive for your health. Now what would you prefer? Being tossed in a pot or a freezer? Freezer DUH!
So why boil the crab alive instead of freezing it alive or cutting it up?
Can someone answer that instead of giving me a thumbs down and saying shit about "shocked" when that's not what I'm suggesting. I've heard there's an EASY way to put LOBSTERS to sleep in your hand
SpitRhyma 3 years ago
i think it's so fucked up that they cook them alive. these guys looked dead but still. u should euthanize them 1st. i heard there's a way to put them to sleep by holding down some part of their body in tv when I was a kid. The show was saying how crab cooks know this but choose not to do it. In fact the person who said it was a crab cook supposively who WAS doing it that way.
SpitRhyma 3 years ago
either way your killing them. only when you put them in shock they cant move. if u drop them in boiling water they die fast. if u shock them they die slower
krezzz3 3 years ago
They are CRABS, they were meant to be eaten. If they are dead before you go to cook them, you throw them out.
vbdenny 3 years ago
The ones that are killed BEFORE cooking taste MUCH better :-P -- Throwing out good meat is retarded
SpitRhyma 3 years ago
"they were crabs they were meant to be eaten" yes they were and I eat them too. BUT most animals get eaten believe it or not. Think of a predatory fish that is not usually the "prey" of another. When that fish dies and gets washed up to shore, the crabs will eat it ;) -- if not it decomposes and plants eat it.
Point is their purpose on earth isn't so much providing food. I think the purpose is cleaning aka taking out the garbage :-P
SpitRhyma 3 years ago
either way there going to die and feel discomfort. they dont have a personality like a dog so who cares! LOL
krezzz3 3 years ago