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I Just Came into 90 Pounds of Live Dungeness Crab

fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
edited June 2010 in Strut Central
i can't say how (its not stolen) but what the hell do i do with all these crabs? any advice? should i keep some alive for a few days? cook them all off? i need some serious culinary advice and quick!!

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  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    First things first, change your name to crabmongerfunk.
  • Hotsauce84Hotsauce84 8,450 Posts
    First things first, change your name to crabmongerfunk.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    watching their faces as i boil them to death is sort of heartbreaking.

    recipes?!?!
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    Turn your house into a crabquarium and start a reality show.
  • Controller_7Controller_7 4,052 Posts
    "I just came into 90 pounds of crab."

    :oh_my:
  • minneapminneap 541 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    "I just came into 90 pounds of crab."

    :oh_my:

    My thoughts exactly. :drummer:
  • hungovermulattohungovermulatto 168 Posts
    i used to catch those up in alaska.

    cook them asap. you can cook 'em whole, but the best thing to do, is to remove the carapace, scrape out any yellow stuff, and the greyish gills; throw the two halves in a boiling pot with some old bay.

    you must have about 16 or so, so it'll take a while, but don't cook 'em after they've been dead for over a few hours, cuz they get toxic.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    Some people like the yellow stuff. That's what my father-in-law lives for. (Japanese American-R?)

    And yes on the "crabmongerfunk" name change. So necessary.
  • JimBeamJimBeam Seattle. 2,012 Posts
    if you want to keep them for a while to cook them later, blanch 'em for a few to kill them, drain and freeze as quickly as possible. even better if you have a vacuum sealer.

    then when you want to eat them, cook them as you normally would.
  • Jonny_PaycheckJonny_Paycheck 17,825 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    "I just came into 90 pounds of crab."

    :oh_my:

    All this scratching is making me itch!
  • The-gafflerThe-gaffler 2,190 Posts
    how did you get these, and are they stolen?
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    We did this for a bunch of people the other night with Blue Swimmers. Beautiful.



    Poached Redclaw with Coconut & Lemongrass

    Serves 4 as an entr??e

    16 x 75g live Redclaw (see notes)
    2 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
    2 stems lemongrass, white part only sliced
    2 small red chillies, seeded and roughly chopped
    1 tablespoon roughly chopped ginger
    800ml coconut milk (see notes)
    200ml fish, or chicken, stock
    200ml water
    1 tablespoon fish sauce
    1 tablespoon grated palm sugar
    2 tablespoons lime juice
    2 kaffir lime leaves, very finely shredded (see notes)
    1 large red chilli, sliced and seeded
    ?? cup Thai basil leaves / coriander leaves

    Steamed jasmine rice, to serve

    Halve Redclaw lengthways, from the head down through the tail (see notes). Remove head contents and devein.

    Process the garlic, lemongrass, chopped chilli and ginger in a food processor with just enough coconut milk to form a paste.

    Combine the stock, water and two-thirds of the remaining coconut milk in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and stir in the paste. Reduce heat and simmer for 2 minutes. Add fish sauce and palm sugar, then the Redclaw and simmer for about 3 minutes, until the shells turn orange and the flesh is opaque. Gently stir in the lime juice, kaffir lime leaves and sliced chilli.

    Arrange Redclaw on a deep serving platter or in bowls. Pour the broth over the top and scatter with basil and coriander leaves. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    minneap said:
    Controller_7 said:
    "I just came into 90 pounds of crab."

    :oh_my:

    My thoughts exactly. :drummer:

    I came into the thread just to enjoy this.



    Carry on.
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    fishmongerfunk said:
    watching their faces as i boil them to death is sort of heartbreaking.


    If you drop a microphone in the pot you can hear their tiny screams too.
  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,779 Posts
    Have a crab bake, bro.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    thanks everyone. so, i ended up chucking about 4 giant ones away because they seemed pretty dead and that left about 20-something left that i boiled whole in salt water. half i refrigerated, half frozen,

    been picking the meat out and just enjoying that shit cold but the plan for now is to make crab cakes.

    that curry recipe will be attempted later in the month....
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    okem-you got something against crab, homeboy?

    btw, what was that old-timey pic of the man coming on to the woman you posted above supposed to mean?
  • hogginthefogghogginthefogg 6,098 Posts
    Controller_7 said:
    "I just came into 90 pounds of crab."

    :oh_my:

    Hours later, I am still tittering over this poast. :comedy_gold:
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    btw, what was that old-timey pic of the man coming on to the woman you posted above supposed to mean?

    That is some 1814 comical wit, and a fine example of a double entendre. although what you wrote is probably more of a sexual innuendo.

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