Picked meat can be served chilled, Crab Louis or cocktail style as a delicious appetizer. Oregon Dungeness crab has a sweet, delicate, stand alone flavor. Leg meat is firm and white with pinkish tones on the outside. Body meat is white and flaky.
Refrigerate your whole cooked crab until ready to eat. Then follow these simple steps. To remove the back, hold base of crab with one hand, place thumb under shell at mid-point, and pull off the shell. The leaf-like gills are now exposed. Gently scrape them away with thumb or spoon edge. Many feel the Oregon Dungeness Crab is best when served warm, straight from the shell and dipped in drawn butter or seafood cocktail sauce. It also makes an excellent ingredient for a wide variety of delicious dishes.
Crack in the privacy of your own kitchen. Or, throw a crack-it-yourself crab feast and invite your guests to participate with gusto! Just follow these easy steps. Should you perfer your crab warm simply heat in the microwave or steam and serve with drawn butter. How many will one crab feed?
Product of USA. Ship days Monday through Thursday included in price. Continental U. Sorry, no Saturday delivery available to Hawaii. Crab Specials. Seafood Combinations. Smoked Salmon Gift Box. Be careful not to overheat your crab, as it will reduce the texture and taste. Cracking Crab - The trick is to strike or snap the shell just hard enough to crack it, but not so hard that you crush the meat.
You can use shellfish crackers, a wooden mallet, or your hands. Note: Place larger claws on their sides before striking. Once the crab is cracked, all you have to do is twist and eat. Use the sharp, pointy crab "toes" to help pick tasty morsels out of the shells.
Serve with melted butter or toss with your favorite sauce. Crab prepared in this way is also ready to use in your favorite seafood recipes. Eating crab should be fun and informal. Cover the table with butcher paper or layers of newspaper and have plenty of paper napkins on hand. Finger bowls filled with hot tea and lemon slices will clean sticky fingers admirably the tannin from the tea and acid from the lemon will slice right through the fat in the crab. Hot towels for wiping fingers are also a welcome addition.
Once the table is set, tie on a bib, roll up your sleeves and enjoy. Then, rub your hands together, just like you were washing them with a bar of soap. This product is out of stock.
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