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i know there must be hundreds of ways to cook crab. so share with me on how you would cook crab.

Boil water and place the LIVE crab on the steamer. Cook for 30 minutes covered. When done, dip crab meat into: lemon juice, pepper, and salt.

Now, why should the crab be LIVE when it's being steamed? I know it sounds cruel and I don't like it either, but for taste reasons, I have found that it's better when cooked alive.

I used to kill the crab by driving a knife through its chest and then boiling it, but I have found that it often leaves a terrible, bitter taste because the steam collected as liquid inside the crab... The meat also turns chewy rather than nicely textured.

Michael

PS: I love crabs!

wow..... u guys are pros,

i am just recently starting to learn how to cook, funny tho, i llove cooking nowadays....like absoutley LOVE it .

Me too! I started doing serious cooking not too long ago and it's now one of my favorite things to do

Ewww... "drive a knife through its chest". I already know that I would not be able to do it. I would make such a fuss and probably get myself too upset to eat it afterwards. I do LOVE crab through. Lately I have been eating a lot of seafood, salmon in particular. If I eat one more piece of fish, I might just start turning into a fish myself.

Thanks for the killer recipe.

Lexi

It wasn't easy the first time I drove the knife through the crab, but eventually I got used to it.

French ppl just boil it with water and some aromatic herbes called "laurier" (Jules Caesar used to wear a crown made form this plant and it was used for the Olympic Games in Olympia). And then you eat it with mayonnaise ! Miaaaaaam

I prefer the way my mother cook it, it is chopped into pieces and there is a sauce which is usually pretty spicy

Yup, and that's the sauce that was made when we had crabs at my apartment Still could use a LITTLE more work, but it was pretty good nonetheless.

In America, they prefer eating lobsters with butter. Never liked it that way...

Mmmm... crap and lobster season are about to start... Can't wait!

Michael

crap and lobster? hahahaha....hmm... yummy?

"Crap"? hahaha... Oops! CRAB and Lobster!