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Default How do I warm cooked dungeness crab?


"Steve Pope" > wrote in message
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> 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.