How To Pick a Crab, MARYLAND STYLE! 🦀
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- Опубликовано: 11 июн 2023
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I'm always hungrier after leaving the table than when I sat down.
@@yourmomsdildo3938I love me some Joe's Crab Shack dungeness crab pots.
You just need a whole one to yourself
It's just natural physics of the crab and your hungry mind saying let's get down and dirty and then you're full.
. & Just sipping on a few beers, I can't even stand up to leave. Ha.Ha.Ha
@@doc.christopherthompson324 gotta have that cold beer!! Exactly how we do it down south here in Biloxi Mississippi. On the good ol Gulf of Mexico!!
Yes i prefer kings and snows for this reason, and makes a darn fine boil with thouse too and you actually get full.
I miss when my dad was still around to pick my crabs for me. He would pick crab after crab and make a huge pile on a plate and then i would pick up the whole pile and shove it in 😆 all the time he put into picking those crabs and then it was gone just like that. Then he would start the process all over again. Appreciate your parents while they are still around ❤
Hope his soul finds peace .. sounds like he was a good father
@@deeparka he was..thank you i appreciate that ❤️
Manyee, you ain’t lying! & ps, every time your enjoying crabs. Your Dad is right there eating with you! ❤️😎✝️🇺🇸
@christophergarza210 i know he is ❤️ i bet he is laughing at me picking crabs for my kids now 😆 Thank you for your kind words 🙏
This is so sweet but so sad I honestly almost teared up like frfr. We truly don't know what we have until we lose it😢I pray he found his peace and i hope you have as well. I wish you the best in this rollercoaster thing we call life. Just remember you represent not only yourself anymore but also your dad. All love ❤️
Grew up on the Severn River... grandparents lived in edgewater... loved visiting havent been back since my grandpa passed but I have his crab knife... looking forward to returning one day
best crabs in the world! good picking!
Blue crabs take talent and training to clean properly.
U did good. I've had 48 yrs experience and I say u r a master.
Its a Maryland thing
@@54relly96*murlyn
I'm pretty good at dismantling a crab for consumption. I didn't need to watch this video tutorial. But I like that he used a paring knife to pick the crab apart. A butter knife or a steak knife might be just as handy for that purpose.
@54relly96 the accent this implies is most karen'y
That was nicely stated.
I do it the same way. Efficient and hardly any shell in the meat
Looks like hardly any meat in the shell
What meat
No u dont
So I've been eating the lungs and backfin apparently. It's all pretty good.
@@Harry_EyeballThat's why you eat like five of them. Nothing more delicious than crab meat, in my opinion. The work is half of the fun.
We are having crab this weekend here in MD and yepz, you work for your meal cracking them but they are so good!! Always with Old Bay!! Just as you show, its not hard -you just want to eat the meat and not contaminate it with the innards. Great short my friend!!
That’s the sweetest flavor on earth. It never gets old.
This kid works hard. He has the hands of a guy in his 40s. Kudos
He's actually 38 years old 😂
Lmao
@@wescammedyou oh
It’s a lot of work for a little bit of meat
@@sebsdad💀
Have to go get a burger after a crab dinner.
Me too my wife is always full
Always have some good 'ole beef hotdogs on the grill while eating crabs. Get tired of picking before I get full. Get filled on drinks and crackers more than the crabs,lol
Thats what the potatos and corn are for
Add sausage
Miss Maryland blue crabs. There is nothing like them. You are an expert at picking them.
Born and pretty much raised on Chesapeake Bay. Nothing I love more than blue crabs. Moved to Michigan and everyone was amazed I knew how to pick a crab . I said I been doing it my whole life. Ha .
Reminds me of when my Marylander Grandmother taught me how to pick a crab! She'd always say, "All you need is the crab and old bay. Anything else will ruin it!" She was so particular about being able to taste the meat properly since we'd earned those crabs on the docks! 😂 RIP Diane, I'll never forget crabbing with you. ❤
And a budweiser to pour in therr.
@@williammcelroy1551said Old Bay 🦀. Not old gay crab 🌈
This was waàaaày before Dillon Mulvany, Budweiser wasn't always considered gay, Bud Light made that error anyway!!
@iridefast1 where that come from??? ....oh your gay, well to each their own!! Or your suggesting Budweiser as gay?? Well I think they put that tranny on a Bud Light and did it recently, I'm 44 yrs old and when I was a kid Budweiser didn't endorse trannys, homo's or anything pertaining to this "woke" bullcrap of today!!
Fond memories are the real life treasure
My mouth is watering.You deserve everything you have and much more.Your a honest hard working young man.Stay safe brother.🙏❤️🌄
Thank you!
What is that link
I've been picking crabs for most of my life and that is the absolutely best way to do it I know there's other ways but this way is it
Glad to hear you correctly call them deadmen. I learned by living on Smith Island.
You make this Marylander proud!
I went to welding school out there in Aberdeen and got to be there for soft crab season and it was amazing! Crab cakes and soft crab everywhere I miss it so much I plan on going out there this summer to visit ! I haven't been in about 15 yrs
Nah he has to do it bare handed with no knife like the rest of us
You are my new favorite channel. EVERYTHING I love about living on the Chesapeake Bay.
Everything I miss about living near the Chesapeake bay
As a Cajun from Louisiana the way this man just peeled this crab is how my 5 year old peels crabs
So, your kid knows how to 'pick' crabs, too?
@@Nikybeezhe means they eat all the nasty parts 🤢
@@pat2100 He's not eating anything nasty.
Have no idea what is going on with these comments lol
My grandma showed us how to eat crabs when I was 10yrs old back when we lived in Charleston, SC. That was 1970. I'll never forget. Blessed to have been living in the DMV for the past 45 years, keeping my blue crab love affair alive😊❤
Man that looks good. I’ve been craving some home town MD Chesapeake Bay crabs!!
thats where i grew up catching them in Charles County MD
@@3PhaseSparky I live really close to there
I grew up in Columbia Crab place on the time I can't remember the name of it was because I was a kid but I miss it so much that s*** was so good
I LIVE IN MD BUT CRABS ARE SO EXPENSIVE I CANT AFFORD NO MORE. I MISS THEM
That “how I do it” was Maryland as hell!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂😂
Pickin' with a winner 🏆👍
"Deadmen tell no tails"😂
Forgot to mention that you have to do this a minimum of 4 hours while pounding beers the whole time for it to truly be Maryland style crab pickin
After a seafood dinner. I end up craving it for weeks after. I love good shellfish
Dude you’re awesome, love what you do and how resourceful you are! It’s refreshing to see what a man can be keep it up 👍🏼 praying you receive all the success and blessings you deserve brotha
I love sitting around picking some blue crabs with some friends, absolutely nothing better
After seeing this video my mouth is watering 🤤
On land and at sea, this guy is so personable the viewers can't help but enjoy his videos. He is so likeable he could sell anything with his charming personality.
Enjoyable educational videos of a subject I knew nothing about. I have also forwarded some of these to my "crabbing" friends in WA.
Thank you.
Exactly how a true marylander eats his crabs
The real question is ... Vinegar or Butter? 😂😂
@@kamikrazywarboy2008
Old Bay seasoning only. It’s not a lobster 🦞
@@benztech2262 nah... You definitely one of them oleo at the crabhouse types 😂😂😂
Don't forget to eat the mustard!
@@freedomartwork6950 Nobody "eats" the mustard. It's shit... We just don't clean it off.
Family is from Maryland and I grew up eating crab. Love it
I'm a Texan but I love crab 😃😘😁🥺
Well cracked! I do it the exact same way. Used to take back fins off first but was shown how much harder it is to get the meat out that way. Keep up the good work and videos!
Damn boss I wish you where here in Florida I Would buy from you every week for myself. I respect your grind and hustle!! Hope you get the harvest you deserve my friend 👍👊🏻💯
This guy seems legit a good guy !😊 Love seeing people with a awesome personality. Cause I definitely ain't got one !
He’s a true waterman and he’s 💯 the real deal!!! As a business owner myself I respect anyone who is willing to admit their mistakes but at the same time do whatever he needs to keep his dream alive and no fear of making mistakes and is willing to take on any problem he faces!!!
As a fellow Marylander. You taught me a new way to eat crabs. Thank you brother.
Is he from Maryland as well ? I am too just asking because of that
Now this How to Crab 101. For a person that comes from a place where there’s a ton of crab but never had one it sure helps ! Thanks man
I wouldn't know what to do with a whole damn 🦀 thanks for the tutorial😂
Yup, Maryland boy here, been eating crabs for 50+ years. This is pretty much my method. Minor divergence once picking the body, but 95%.
My folks even took me to a class at a library on how to eat crabs! 😊
I live in Annapolis, MD. Crabbing is our thing. But this is the exact reason why most Marylanders only eat crabs a few times a year. It’s a pain in the tuchus.
Hello fellow Annapolitan👋
@@rswife777 Hey, Naptown neighbor.
Greetings fellow Annapolis homie.
Naptown was home for me for 30 years. Forest Drive, right off of Aris T. Allen.
I miss it... nothing like hot crabs and cold beer.
maryland crabs are the best. born and raised in MD
Yea those southern blue crabs have nothing on the northern cold water blue crab from Maryland
@@jasonservary477I beg to differ
Them boiled crabs with their vegetable taste ain’t got nothing on steamed crabs with old bay.
What is the stuff inside that looks like mustard ?
So this Marylander's been doing it right all these 50 years, wohoo! Thanks for confirming 👍 Love that claw meat, totally underrated.
yep buddy. That's exactly the way I do it. Maryland born & bred girl, Summer's on the Eastern Shore.
Summers at OC!! ❤
@@chickonasportbike598oc is a garbage heap i would prefer to find local beaches on the rivers in cecil, kent, and qa
Eastern Shore Gang, rise up!
As a Marylander, I do this completely with my bare hands
The only way to do it! I'm offended 😂
Also a Marylander, and I promise you I haven’t used a tool since I was 12…. I’m 36 now…. Straight hands and teeth💪🏾💯🤣🤣🤣
Marylander here also. Bare hands& teeth for me too. But I pick a crab bare. If you're gonna put the work in, get ALL of that meat!!! lol
Exactly! I'm trying to figure out why he has a knife.
Because that is the way we do it
I love me some blue crab. You are a hard worker and I admire you for that. Congratulations on your marriage!!
Looks like a boiled egg....! That's a lot of work for so lil meat....Love your channel btw! 👍👍
Trust me when you taste of meat it’s worth it
Moved to the Philippines from Maryland. We miss eating crabs 🦀
Crabs are available widely in the philippines... 😂😂😂😂
Yep go to a Dampa youll forget Maryland ever sold seafood
I love your channel..... Not so much a crab fan but if i get up that way I'll be stopping by the boat store to support you.
Hey Guy I'd like to thank you for all your videos. I really appreciate you and the info U provide
I break them down into clusters and remove the gills before I steam I think it is much better when the seasoning touches the meat as it cooks it’s a lot of work up front but saves time while chowing down
The texture gets f*kt up when you do that tho... I don't like it anyways, we all have different preferences but imo the seasoning is supposed to soak into the meat... thats why you do a nice big sausage crab and crawfish boil 🤤🤤🤤
Yes, my husband preferred to peel them open before cooking and seasoning. Add a stick of celery, crabs, sprinkle seasoning and 2 cans of beer.❤
All that work for 10 grams of crab meat,😂
Almost as bad as eating sunflower seeds. That's if you don't get the just kernel sunflower seeds.
But SO worth it!!
A good crab is a religious experience.
Ahhhh so thats how its done looks so easy!!❤
Back in the early 70's I used to buy steamed crabs at the Redondo Beach, California pier, walk out and sit on the breakwater, find a small smashing stone and have a feast !
Luke, you are a breath of fresh air.
Ty 🎉😊 I love it maryland crab 🦀 boil. Delicious 😋
I’m a Marylander I’ve eaten crabs my whole life I used to go crabbing all that time! That’s the only thing I miss about Maryland besides my family, I’ve been living in Texas the past 21 years I really miss Maryland 🦀
I tried your M.O. and it worked great. I ate 8 crabs that day😊
Happy for you. Miss my home, the fishing and crabbing. My memory holds the flavors you enjoy
there's better places to be...
Aint nothing like that louisiana style we really get down over here in the south🐊
I live In California, however "eating a crab"....is always "down n dirty"...love your videos, good job! Keep it up! 😊
The yellow stuff is the best. It’s like built in crab butter if you eat them hot and use the top shell as a bowl.
I use one of the outside legs on a fork and run it down the crabs legs. Seems to be the easiest for me since I don’t feel like learning another way lol plus I learned that from my cousin who’s a tug boat operator.
You know someone is from Maryland when they run their thumb across the inside of the top shell to get all the "mustard". Pro tip. Its not poop, its an organ that melts.
What about the carrots. I don't know how people eat that
Lol I’ve always thought that. I knew it was something for me, but thanks for clarifying
I've lived here my entire life & you can't pay me to eat it. I scrape all the mustard off my meat..eeww
@@rswife777 oh no. I love it!
Nasty af
I used to go down to cape May NJ and there’s a small hole in the wall place called H&H seafood on 956a ocean drive. They have big blue claw crabs which are so delicious. They’re caught fresh daily. Great eating with corn cob, boiled shrimp, Cole slaw and potato salad.
Love you brother love your content keep up the great work man I can't wait for next crabbing season with you been watching you for a couple years now y'all go by that man's crab every time I'm in Louisiana we do crabs every year too
Mustard Yellow substance found inside a cooked crab. Contrary to popular belief, the "mustard" is not fat, rather it's the crab's hepatopancreas, the organ responsible for filtering impurities from the crab's blood.
Nope you wrong Ben playing on the phone have you. Well I haven’t but I have been born and raised on a shrimp boat in southeast Louisiana and a full blooded coonass and after 45 years of messing with seafood every day I can tell you it’s fat that’s why a empty crab don’t have the fat and a good full heavy black crab full of meat is full of fat
@@brianpierson7708 Look buddy go debate the scientists not me.
@@brianpierson7708 well after 45 years of no education you are still misinformed
I've always wondered what the yellow mushy stuff is.
Yeah me too, lets hope he responds and explains it to us lol
This is what Google says it is in only 5 seconds...
It's the crab's hepatopancreas, the organ responsible for filtering impurities from the crab's blood.
It’s amazing It’s called mustard and I don’t care what it is. Lol.
It’s the fat in the crab and is the best part just like in crawfish and even in shrimp and is what makes everything better
@@TaylorBlack420 yeah i could look on google but sometimes i just like to watch his videos and wanna probe to see what he knows, i appreciate his videos and love seeing them so i want him to make more as time allows
Exactly how I eat them, grew up on the Bohemia/ elk River. Keep up the good work
As a 30+ year born and raised Marylander… This is indeed how we pick crabs 😂 👍🦀
local Marylander here i usually pull the small legs off and leave the back fins on and pull the back fin meat straight from the knuckle and use a crab mallet on the claws a knife works just as good too make sure after you crack the body and half you also crack it in the quarters again to get even more meat out of it, and don’t forget to eat the yellow stuff a.k.a. the mustard it’s delicious, If you pick every crab this way, they’ll be no meat left at all in the crab, peace🦀 🤘
I wondered about that yellow part. I’m skeptical cuz on crawfish the mustard is yucky. R u trying to make us eat poop😂or are telling the truth. I guess I gotta eat the mustard n find out🤣
@@deannmilk9596 personal preference on a crab. I don't eat it.
@@seanwalsh9605 thank you very much. I got no response so I had nothing to go from. I’m from Alaska n my family just found out in our little town that the Asian market sells frozen giant bags of crawfish so we perfected seafood boil w king crab when it’s available or snow crab. But there was neither a few wks ago when we made seafood boil to celebrate my oldest Son coming home. So now I’ll add crab if I can find it. Sorry bout the essay. P.s I LOVE SEAFOOD BOILS!🤜🏽🤛🏽😂
As a baltimoron you can crack a whole crab just hands
Lmfao baltimoron
Reminds me of home crabbing from the bridge during tides!! My mom has the best recipe, can’t go wrong with the ole bay that’s traditional!
Now that's a true Marylander. Cheers mate!🎉
Beautiful young man ❤ You got it sweet heart
FINALLY someone actually picking a crab the correct way. Also theres a good bit of meat in every small leg and knuckle.
Yes, finally!
Exactly how i learned to clean em. Good shit dude
My mouth is watering at the sight of that old bay.... crab meat and old bay is like peanut butter anf jelly.
My whole family is from Maryland. My aunt lived in dundalk on bear creek. We would go out trot lining all the time. I was young I don't know where we went but I sure miss that.
You need to come down to Louisiana. Many things to learn on cleaning a crab.
Nah come to Baltimore we’ll show you a few tings Ee the Home of the crab you ain’t showin us how to clean one 😭😭
@@yogamma2337 I'm still trying to figure out why this man has a knife. Born and raised in Baltimore, been eating crabs since before I can remember. Never seen a knife at the table, or used a mallet. Everybody knows you get in there with your hands. All them tools are time consuming. Who uses a knife to crack a claw? If you're not good enough to break the claw at the hinge and pull the meat out then you just bite it and crack it open. Add that to the fact that this man steamed his crabs in JO Seasoning (blasphemy) & not Old Bay and I'm now starting to question if he is really a Marylander. I'm not even sure he steamed them in Natty Boh, smh.
On a side note, don't disrespect Louisiana on the seafood game, G. I know we feel like we are the end all be all on crabs being from Maryland and all, but if there's one person in the world outside of MD that knows their way around a crab, he's from Louisiana.
@@tics1279 Born an raised in Baltimore to I never said they ain’t know sum bout crabs I got people in BR dat can throw down i just know Maryland is where it’s at even Seattle got sum good shit 🤷🏾 an you right I get in them crab wit my hand pop the top wit my thump get to the inside using a knife is crazy even the kids don’t use utensils 😂 an yuh not using old bay an a Marylander is kinda weird
They call me the CRAB 🦀 MASTER !!!
Try dipping the peeled crab meat in apple cider vinegar, then Old Bay, then eating it…delicious🦀
Being so close to the east coast and with my love for seafood you'd think I eat blue crabs alot but couldn't find them, I just ordered some and cannot wait to get them, now that I know how to steam and crack them.
Glad you left the legs on. It drives me insane to see someone break all the legs off.... and then throw em away!
Because they don't know how to break the legs off clean, push the meat up and out the leg. Then break the half in half and pull all the meat clean out
As a southerner we don’t use tools 🤣🤣
It's hilarious and maddening watching people at 'Crabfest' mutilate good eating. You Sir should submit this video as mandatory viewing before ticket sales!!🤣🤣👍
You know he’s a Maryland. He knows how to pick a crab right!
yes sir that's how I eat mine 100%
I have never had a crab or lobster in my life lol ! Looks interesting 🧐
We only use the tools on the claws and other difficult to crack areas. If you CAN crack it with your hand then you do lol. Tools (hammer,shuckin knife etc) are last resort options lol
crabcakes and football thats all Maryland does
2 much work for that lil bit of meat
Real men work for what they want.
Fr, I’d rather just but a lobster and some shrimp
@@randalldandy yeah and real men know how to work smarter not harder but nice try 😂😂🖕
Never it's not work when it's something you luv todo
@@anthonymackey1761 I can respect that response
In Florida we take the top off clean out the guts and gills and then cook them. You done and got guts on the eating table 😂
Thank you , just what I needed! Can you use the seasons on crawfish ?
Enjoy watching your content!! I’m down here outside New Orleans,La and been fishing and crabbing all my life 😊 We boil our crabs and crawfish and shrimp down here… but we love our fat blue crabs.. we eat the fat as well ❤
Thanks Luke, ur the greatest buddy 🍤🦀🐚
The tomalley is the best part of a crab! Reminds me of the stuff in crawdads.
I miss my grandma.. she never eats the legs & claws.. I only eat the legs & claws. I'd go to the docks, get 2 crates of live, and we cook them up. Half a crate for us alone. The rest for the family... our special cook time were magical 😊.
I wish you nothing but success brother
Ayeeeee Maryland style all day!! Taught this as a child.
We call the backfin crab meat still attached, the leg, the popsicle it is the prized meat when picking crabs. And I was surprised you pick them just the way I do.
Lol. I say lolipop.
I’ve never used a knife to pick my crabs. Family always said real Marylanders don’t need tools to open their crabs lol. But that’s a clean pick regardless. Imma need me some crabs now before the seasons out 😂
Snow crabs may have more meat and are easier to eat. But blue crabs have so much more flavor!