Cheryl > wrote:

>"Steve Pope" > wrote in message

>> Rinse off the cooked crab. Twist and pull off each claw.
>> With the tip of the knife, remove/discard the small triangular plate
>> from the body, and pull off and discard the entire back shell
>> (the carapace). Remove/discard any gills, spongey parts, bladders,
>> and small paddles. Rinse and/or pull the guts out of the
>> crab and discard.

>This description is exactly why I don't like whole crabs. I will sit and
>pick them at crab feasts (I live in Maryland, so they're going on most of
>the summer) but I won't eat them. I only like claws.

The above was with respect to Dungeness. They are different
from Maryland crabs, and actually the Dungeness body meat
is better (I think) than the claw meat.

Steve