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  • Crab Corner's Maryland Blue Crabs are delicious to eat but can get messy and for many first-timers, they are a puzzle to eat. In this video tutorial, Chef Mark Smolen demonstrates the right way on how to crack and eat a crab.
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  • @AmericasIndustrial
    @AmericasIndustrial 4 года назад +42

    Buddy I am 70 years old, born on the Gulf coast eating big blue crabs. That was and excellent presentation on how it is done properly. Eat on my friends!!!

    • @timothyschmitz2341
      @timothyschmitz2341 3 года назад +1

      The gulf coast???? Buddy thats the absolute worst place to get blue crabs. In MD we frown upon crabs caught in that area. Sorry pal. Although he did do a pretty good job picking the crabs.

    • @reggieq6085
      @reggieq6085 3 года назад +4

      @@timothyschmitz2341 I really enjoy telling you that way more than half of the blue crab eaten in MerryLand is flown in every day from the Louisiana Gulf Coast . I, along with many other local fishermen were major suppliers to you ungrateful a$$es for many years! Another point is if you think this guy did a good job then you have been taught wrong. Enjoy your crab and your ignorance!!!

    • @fredtucker1905
      @fredtucker1905 3 года назад +1

      Lll lol lol l okoll lll I'llllllllll lol o lol ll lol lol

    • @fredtucker1905
      @fredtucker1905 3 года назад

      Ok ol ok I'll llllll l ll lol ll l

  • @imawstanley
    @imawstanley 5 лет назад +50

    I'm from Md and am 69 years old. I have been catching and eating crabs for a v/long time and IMHO there is NO right way. Folks have different ways to clean out the meat If it works for you then it's the RIGHT WAY. Just saying.

    • @GarrettDenton
      @GarrettDenton 3 года назад +6

      Yeah, but there's definitely WRONG ways to eat them, lol

  • @144greenville
    @144greenville 5 лет назад +25

    Leave the legs on to use as a handle when you pull the top shell off. You can take them off after and it makes separating them easier.

  • @jasonpaulin3229
    @jasonpaulin3229 6 лет назад +144

    I can't be he only one who already knows how to crack a crab but is still watching anyways

    • @glenshivers3171
      @glenshivers3171 4 года назад +4

      Jason Paulin me too. Raised in Baltimore

    • @avamolina1611
      @avamolina1611 4 года назад +3

      Pretty hilarious to watch if you’re a Marylander born and bred to eat crabs. And I’m living proof the intestines are not poisonous.

    • @the4jsmarylandstyle82
      @the4jsmarylandstyle82 4 года назад +4

      @@avamolina1611 yes I'm looking at him laughing like crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @temikalomas
      @temikalomas 4 года назад +1

      Hahaha. Same. Louisiana born and now in Texas.

    • @scotanderson7689
      @scotanderson7689 4 года назад +2

      Yes but for us folks whose families came out of the Mid West, it was a great video.

  • @mississippiqueen2u
    @mississippiqueen2u 4 года назад +56

    I have never....in my fifty eleven hundred years...made a pile of crab meat! I just can't wait that long. I need an instant reward! I tried to make a pile...
    I just........
    Can't!

    • @alantaketa1512
      @alantaketa1512 4 года назад +1

      MsQueen Shelle

    • @mississippiqueen2u
      @mississippiqueen2u 4 года назад +2

      @@alantaketa1512 😔IKR....
      Yesterday I had snow crab. I tried to make these mysterious piles. These are way easier to pick. I still couldn't do it. Plus my pile started getting cold. Then when I make piles, the non crab pickers think it's for them. #team no pile!

    • @highlandervalasik9274
      @highlandervalasik9274 3 года назад +2

      Dangerous to pile crab meat on table, good way for one of the kids to loose a finger

  • @geraldrob5150
    @geraldrob5150 5 лет назад +4

    Lived a quarter mile from the Potomac @1989-90 and could visit backroad country stores, many having their own dock. I could buy a standard paper grocery bag filled overflowing with live blue crabs for around $7-8 dollars. A case of beer, a couple bags of crabs, some fresh cut fries and a friend or two and you had all the entertainment needed for the better part of an afternoon!

  • @55inchSamsungTV
    @55inchSamsungTV 6 лет назад +150

    Wow, literally didn't expect any hate in the comment section but yet again I was reminded of how hateful the internet is towards a crab opening tutorial loool

    • @MeetTheSmythes
      @MeetTheSmythes 5 лет назад +13

      Don't mind them.Forgive them and move on. Haters are a miserable looking lot because they become slaves to hatred and they are always hating their chains of hatred and hating free people who are not slaves to hatred and are not deformed and twisted by the poison of hatred and dejected and feel rejected knowing that they are infected with the poison of hatred.

    • @verakintcher942
      @verakintcher942 5 лет назад +5

      I had no clue how to open a whole crab I usually just do crab legs now I want to try a whole one

    • @blackvulcan8992
      @blackvulcan8992 5 лет назад +4

      Thanks 4 the video!!! Ignore the haters,you were very informative!

    • @ooferrell
      @ooferrell 5 лет назад +4

      Most people never used tools for crabs. But it was an informative video on the parts of crabs. But it literally takes seconds to eat a crab lol. I eating like 4 to 5 crabs actually watching this video. Still worth the watch tho.

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 5 лет назад

      I wasnt going to say anything bad until he ripped the wang off the crab and thru it away.

  • @GenieD
    @GenieD 5 лет назад +27

    Definitely open the body first, makes it so more of the legs pull out meat which in turn leads to faster / easier picking.
    Insider tip from MD

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom 4 года назад +1

      You are absolutely right. What you said right there is the correct way. I spent a good portion of my life on the Eastern Shore. I absolutely miss the Chesapeake Bay more than words could ever say . Take care T

    • @janedryden4028
      @janedryden4028 4 года назад +2

      I've always taken the back off before the legs! The legs give you something to pry from!
      Also, I never mess with the apron, it breaks off on its own when you break the body in half.

    • @tubularfrog
      @tubularfrog 2 года назад +1

      Maryland is very well known for your crab cakes, so I'll follow your example way over here in Oregon.

  • @HomeTipsAndTricks
    @HomeTipsAndTricks 5 лет назад +4

    Thanks for taking the time to do this video. My first time in Baltimore I had to ask how to eat these things. The waitress gave me a quick tutorial. "These are the lungs, don't eat them". All good. Now? On to the sweet meat! --Fink

    • @madcrabber1113
      @madcrabber1113 5 лет назад

      They are actually the gills as crabs do not have lungs.

  • @MiniatureCookingwithChing
    @MiniatureCookingwithChing 4 года назад +5

    Wow! amazing! I learn how to differentiate male crabs from female crabs. These crabs make me hungry! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.

  • @joyanderson3759
    @joyanderson3759 7 лет назад +7

    I really miss living on the East Coast.. I will always love eating a Maryland Blue Crabs Feast all day & night long... peace

  • @nakamakai5553
    @nakamakai5553 6 лет назад +3

    Yum! I last sat around a table with friends and a bushel of crabs in 1987, in Maryland - and this is exactly how we did it. Great video. Thanks.

  • @mikemchugh3073
    @mikemchugh3073 5 лет назад +6

    Thanks for this. Novice's everywhere appreciate a Pro showing us a fast way to clean 'em and eat 'em.

    • @SephirothWaifu
      @SephirothWaifu 5 лет назад

      I just find it interesting as to sexing the crabs. Wanted to see the difference of crab gender.

  • @ray3468
    @ray3468 8 лет назад +81

    that had to be hard to pick the hole crab with out eating it along the way, i eat ad i go.

    • @lucycooper5367
      @lucycooper5367 4 года назад

      Yeah I was thinking that too. Just one lill taste in between dismantling that succulent taste lul morsel of goodness

  • @beekind6267
    @beekind6267 6 лет назад +1

    Best how to eat blue claw crab video ever! I HV been eating them for years and never knew I was doing it wrong. Thank you for sharing this! 👍🏽👍🏽😊😊

  • @FredaStauffer
    @FredaStauffer 5 лет назад +3

    Oh my, haven't had a blue crab in 30 years. I alwyas enjoyed them when we lived in Maryland. Thanks for sharing.

  • @pressplay1072
    @pressplay1072 5 лет назад +4

    I grew up in Galveston Texas in the summers we had a bay house We ate crab all summer long boy was it delicious and Cthe neat part about it is that we caught them all

  • @notmyworld44
    @notmyworld44 5 лет назад +6

    Raised on the Texas gulf coast, I caught and cooked a lot of these but always found them frustrating to try eating. I learned more here in 14 minutes more than I ever did in all those years.

  • @IronCakePop
    @IronCakePop 5 лет назад +191

    "authentic Maryland crab spice" 😂 I've never heard old bay described so fancy

    • @kmaryhess
      @kmaryhess 5 лет назад +22

      He's not talking about Old Bay. He's referring to J O Spice.

    • @spitfirestake54
      @spitfirestake54 5 лет назад +12

      He’s not talking about Old Bay. People from the DMV knows exactly what’s he talking about

    • @ronshawver6880
      @ronshawver6880 5 лет назад

      @@spitfirestake54 So, what is he talking about? What spice blend?

    • @spitfirestake54
      @spitfirestake54 5 лет назад +2

      Ron Shawver JO Seafood Spice

    • @ronshawver6880
      @ronshawver6880 5 лет назад +1

      @@spitfirestake54 Is that a Baltimore company? I lived around there and the Eastern shore for about 10 years, but never heard of it.

  • @lovetolearnmaryland1848
    @lovetolearnmaryland1848 8 лет назад +2

    Some guys taught me the right way! I wondered if it was the BEST way. Thanks for a great video!

  • @SirReginaldBlomfield1234
    @SirReginaldBlomfield1234 5 лет назад +62

    I would need thirty or forty of these things to make a satisfying meal.

    • @jacobwalker3839
      @jacobwalker3839 4 года назад +2

      RJ OnTheBayouMan how much was the bill after all that lol

    • @CameoRoyale.
      @CameoRoyale. 4 года назад +7

      These are pretty small. They come bigger. Usually they're eaten with other things to do the filling. About 6-10 of these with sausage, boiled egg, corn on the cob, and potatoes is the traditional crab boil combo to fill you up. 😋😋

    • @ccwnoob4393
      @ccwnoob4393 4 года назад +1

      @@inApickle_ball props to your internet name!

    • @caicaijj
      @caicaijj 3 года назад +1

      Took me 30min to eat 2 crabs. So no, don’t ever try 30 or 40, that’s 15 hours

  • @kynunuchan8763
    @kynunuchan8763 7 лет назад +76

    I'm blessed to be in Baltimore Maryland. i can walk out back and catch 1 to 2 dozen crabs in under 2 hours.

    • @hsumjames
      @hsumjames  7 лет назад +2

      nice!!! never been

    • @tomjones6412
      @tomjones6412 7 лет назад +6

      Consider yourself lucky...lol.

    • @nesta6480
      @nesta6480 7 лет назад +1

      @Tom Jones lol.

    • @VOIDEDREGRET
      @VOIDEDREGRET 6 лет назад +4

      Same im down here in indian head lol

    • @shakekr1750
      @shakekr1750 5 лет назад +1

      kynunu chan and condoms won't do a thing😭

  • @mark_osborne
    @mark_osborne 6 лет назад +5

    First go at eating blue crabs was in 1984 while working in the GM Baltimore plant, one of the locals took me to "Jimmy's"-- and from what it appears, Jimmy's is still in business !

    • @mgs4489
      @mgs4489 5 лет назад

      Oh yeah! They are. There's been a billboard battle going on between Jimmy's and PETA. At least here in Baltimore, Jimmy's is winning.

    • @mikeothitis4813
      @mikeothitis4813 5 лет назад

      Jimmy’s famous seafood best crabs and seafood since 1974

    • @mikeothitis4813
      @mikeothitis4813 5 лет назад

      Seafood crabs and steaks

    • @squaregrouperx
      @squaregrouperx 5 лет назад

      Jimmy's Famous Seafood is alive and kicking.

  • @tubularfrog
    @tubularfrog 2 года назад

    Really excellent instruction video on cleaning a crab and harvesting the meat. This is essentially the same for Dungeness crab over here on the West Coast. Thanks!

  • @edlundin862
    @edlundin862 6 лет назад +40

    By the time he finishes that crab I'll have eaten 4, he'll never catch up.

    • @devoncain3443
      @devoncain3443 4 года назад +6

      Ed lundin or maybe it’s because he’s giving us a tutorial, this dude is a professional. You wouldn’t have to worry about him catching up.

    • @xorpe7172
      @xorpe7172 3 года назад

      @@devoncain3443 He’s joking bruh

  • @knowsbeans
    @knowsbeans 6 лет назад +25

    Tell me why im on short vacation in Maryland, watching a video about Maryland Crabs cooked in Las Vegas, and I live in Vegas......

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 5 лет назад

      Dont get them at a restrant cause they are messy.

    • @stevenkelly9731
      @stevenkelly9731 4 года назад

      @@greenlawnfarm5827 dumbest statement I have seen on here.

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 4 года назад +1

      @@stevenkelly9731 No. Eating crabs is like eating buffalo wings at restrants. You get all sticky and cant just wash it off. Crabs are better to eat at home.

  • @spitfirestake54
    @spitfirestake54 5 лет назад +1

    I consider myself a pro at eating crabs but I’m messy. This instructional video was a reminder of just how classy I need to be when eating crabs at a restaurant. I will definitely visit this restaurant when I’m in town!
    Thank you!

    • @ooferrell
      @ooferrell 5 лет назад

      Lol I'm a messy crab eater too. But this is cool for like being classy. But in all seriousness I could have eaten like five crabs in a time this video was made.

  • @nussbeutel2406
    @nussbeutel2406 5 лет назад

    I’m from Maryland and have eaten countless crabs, I gotta say you did a good job 👍

  • @ashtonwills5942
    @ashtonwills5942 5 лет назад +8

    Great!
    For the longest time I've been wanting to know how to open it correctly after fresh catch. Thanks

  • @martinneween
    @martinneween 4 года назад +15

    Nobody:
    My hungry ass at 2am: How to crack a crab

    • @blan_k4691
      @blan_k4691 4 года назад

      Deadass what I'm doing rn

    • @temikalomas
      @temikalomas 4 года назад

      OMG... that's me tonight. Thinking about going crabbing in the morning since the hurricane is approaching.

  • @babyvirginiaaguimanvillave1176
    @babyvirginiaaguimanvillave1176 4 года назад +1

    Wow ! Crabs my Favorite ! Sometimes I cook W/ coconut with Squash and spinach Lemon grass thank ypu

  • @stantheman6411
    @stantheman6411 5 лет назад +1

    Perfect video to a newcomer. Just great step by steps....

  • @lashellanderson7773
    @lashellanderson7773 5 лет назад +7

    I cant wait to order me some crabs. I miss my home state ☺

  • @AshRChau
    @AshRChau 9 лет назад +4

    I love this place! Amazing crab in Las Vegas!

  • @rembautimes8808
    @rembautimes8808 4 года назад +1

    A very informative video. It’s good to learn from the pros.

  • @jackbunny9010
    @jackbunny9010 4 года назад +1

    Good vid. I've been picking the MD crab in sections the same way since I was 5yo in 1974. Grew up on the water 30 miles south of Annapolis, that was nothing but crab and oyster boats back in the day. Only difference, I handle the knife like a fine sushi chef to save raw fingers after 2 dozen. Use it in the same order, same as yours-to cut the apron, pop the top, cut the devilfingers, cut off the mouth, scrape the center, chop in half, chop in quarters, then start picking. Putting the knife down wastes time. after 45 years, I have the same knife movements that never cut fingers. I've tried Hurricane Hazels way, but she's a legend and it just screws up my crabs. lol So I stick with what I learned. I usually take a break, drink some beer and wait for the table to catchup. About to get a half bushel delivered from Crisfield's MD. looking forward to doing some pickin'! Cheers!

  • @meredithpeterson7281
    @meredithpeterson7281 5 лет назад +13

    I know this is an instructional video (I'm trying to teach my boyfriend) but my inner Baltimorean suffers each time he throws the hot meat onto the table

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 5 лет назад

      If he cant tell the difrence from the guy crabs and the girl crabs then watch this video. ruclips.net/video/lvyt0PwMX_g/видео.html

  • @arpressurewashing5221
    @arpressurewashing5221 8 лет назад +51

    🍺+ crab =😉

    • @stevenmudpit1515
      @stevenmudpit1515 7 лет назад +2

      Cooley High 🤘

    • @poppyshoessp
      @poppyshoessp 6 лет назад +3

      A&R Pressure Washing
      more like 🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀🦀+🍺🍺🍺=😉😄

    • @eddiej.2354
      @eddiej.2354 3 года назад

      Drinking too much alcohol 🍺 🍻 can help you catch crabs 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀 🦀😉 😉 🤣 🤣 😜 lmao.

  • @The_Dancelegz_Experience
    @The_Dancelegz_Experience 3 года назад

    Absolutely fantastic

  • @reggieparker7156
    @reggieparker7156 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the tutorial on crab cracking differently not like shelling peas .Excellent!!!,

  • @jeffreycarey7079
    @jeffreycarey7079 5 лет назад +5

    Very well done very professional guys who do things on their own are not usually polished like this guy is great job my friend

  • @cherylmcnutt9905
    @cherylmcnutt9905 4 года назад +4

    Thank you for this! I’m from Virginia, we use tools. This tutorial was very helpful! I love to eat crabs, but never knew what all the different parts were called.

    • @gamerserver1
      @gamerserver1 Год назад +1

      dude,,,i'm from VA and he did NOT pick it properly. you pry open the body, crack it in half, then pull the legs in a certain way that pulls out ALL the leg AND body meat out section by section. His way is wayyy too much work

    • @gamerserver1
      @gamerserver1 Год назад +1

      and i was taught to pick my own when i was 5 because my mom said she spent more time picking for me and she barely got to eat any. LOL

    • @gamerserver1
      @gamerserver1 Год назад

      and using a mallet smashes the meat. you use a regular table knife to crack near a joint and then pull the meat out whole.

  • @pathoffman6537
    @pathoffman6537 3 года назад

    Well, who said you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I’ve learned a few things about picking crabs. Born and raised on the gulf coast, eating fresh seafood is a way of life and enjoying blue crabs is a family tradition. We like to catch our own but will buy them for time to time. On one family vacation, we managed to eat 16 dozen crabs and at the end of September, we are headed back to the island for another family vacation. I’m very impressed with your technique, well done on the picking instructions. Thanks.

  • @ssimba2785
    @ssimba2785 4 года назад +2

    One day I will come over to try your Crabs, at Crab Corner LV I don't live in USA .Thanks for showing us the real way to crack Crabs .

  • @nicholaslloyd5623
    @nicholaslloyd5623 8 лет назад +8

    being from md, not too far from the crab spice (old bay) factory, it's interesting to see our crabs in vegas. cool though!

  • @Pwj579
    @Pwj579 7 лет назад +5

    Love that you can get MD Blue Crabs in Las Vegas...keep it up.
    I prefer male crabs

    • @hsumjames
      @hsumjames  7 лет назад

      nice. Ty for the viewing ! subscribe if you can!!!!!

  • @EthanWhateley
    @EthanWhateley 4 года назад

    good job man. I've been cleaning and eating these suckers for decades and the blue crab backfin meat is truly delectable. I still can't believe when I go to a crab feast how much meat is wasted by people who don't know how to break them down. It's not hard at all.

  • @luketilley9137
    @luketilley9137 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video Brother. Don't mind the haters. I grew up on the gulf and we use zatarans down here in the South. I'm gonna have to order me some old bay and give it a try. Stay Safe Brother and GOD Bless!🙏🇺🇸

  • @charleslindelof-djs-8303
    @charleslindelof-djs-8303 5 лет назад +16

    Best way to learn how to break crabs is to sit down with a friend from Maryland and eat a few dozen. All his anatomy details are not important. Grab a beer and a some friends and enjoy.

  • @johnwolf1475
    @johnwolf1475 5 лет назад +5

    Yup crabs are a social thing😂 usually a bonus from them Vegas ladies

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 5 лет назад

      The boater ladies near the chesapeake live in trailers and smell bad.

  • @anthonyparlette9838
    @anthonyparlette9838 Год назад +1

    Great video. I live in MD, born and raised, and eating crabs is almost a mandatory thing for a Marylander. We are taught from a young age how to clean a crab. There are plenty of ways to do it but one thing you never, ever do if you are cooking crabs yourself is to boil them. NEVER BOIL a blue crab. Steamed only. The only exception is a soft shell crab, it's okay to batter them and fry them, but that's the only exception. There is hell to pay if you boil a blue crab lol. My prefered seasoning is Old Bay. I put it on crabs, corn on the cob, popcorn, scrambled eggs, etc.. Almost anything that salt can go on Old Bay can go on, and it tastes far better than salt. Also, in MD, if someone says they want crabs, it's always blue crabs. If you want just crab legs, you say snow crab legs. I like AYCE snow crab legs but I never call them crabs. That general term is reserved for blue crabs only.

  • @brandonpalmer3696
    @brandonpalmer3696 5 лет назад

    That was awesome. Very informative. Thanks!

  • @SinisterCity
    @SinisterCity 4 года назад +3

    I think y’all forget... this is based in Vegas
    & Vegas is a desert..
    He’s just teaching the uneducated ones
    He didn’t say this was for the East Coast
    He’s just making it easy for those who don’t REGULARLY eat crab.

  • @advocate0426
    @advocate0426 5 лет назад +19

    Best crab cleaning video I've ever seen - outstanding working my friend.

  • @marym9335
    @marym9335 4 года назад

    Great tips!

  • @nealscudder6156
    @nealscudder6156 5 лет назад +1

    You should go to the annual Crab Derby in Crisfield, MD where they have a festival every year, have crab races, and have professional crab picking contests.

    • @nealscudder6156
      @nealscudder6156 5 лет назад

      The "authentic Maryland crab spice" is called Old Bay.

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom 4 года назад

      And pray for a windy day so the green head flies Don't Eat You Alive. But it is a fun time I used to stay at the city marina and then leave there and head for Virginia Beach on vacation on the boat

  • @kierawhite6264
    @kierawhite6264 8 лет назад +564

    I'm from Maryland these tutorials are funny. Who uses tools lol

    • @DjDellsky
      @DjDellsky 8 лет назад +28

      Never used tools but after years of cracking claws with my teeth, i use a piece of wood or my fingers to crack them.

    • @dallasx9000
      @dallasx9000 8 лет назад +20

      i'm from maryland as well and i don't use any tools either and to open them up i use my thumb to place it in the tail and just pull the crab apart and the lungs or dead man's fingers it's true you don't eat

    • @truekep
      @truekep 7 лет назад +45

      Tutorial are meant for beginners. Thus, the tools.

    • @stevenmudpit1515
      @stevenmudpit1515 7 лет назад +11

      Kiera white yea use the damn claw thats how i do i dont use no tools u go baby girl

    • @skylarwynne123
      @skylarwynne123 7 лет назад +14

      Same here and for some reason this whole video bothered me so much

  • @sailcaptain
    @sailcaptain 5 лет назад +3

    Spot on! I'm from, & live in Maryland. I lived at water front property. I'm 61 years old, & you did it perfect.

  • @lashandaallen90
    @lashandaallen90 5 лет назад +2

    Thanks for the tutorial. Very helpful. Not everyone know how to get to the meat properly. This way people won't waste
    Anything.

  • @masonroche
    @masonroche 4 года назад +2

    Mitch you’re the best in the crab biz!

  • @wtre428476
    @wtre428476 4 года назад +9

    60 years picking and eating crabs in MD....he did a good job. No mistakes..mom taught me. So that's 130 yeArs experience...The End. Old Bay forever

  • @hsumjames
    @hsumjames  9 лет назад +32

    dang good food over at crab corner

    • @verakintcher942
      @verakintcher942 5 лет назад +2

      Thanks for showing me how it's done I usually just get crab legs now I want to try a whole crab

    • @stevenkelly9731
      @stevenkelly9731 4 года назад

      @@verakintcher942 legs only???😄😁

  • @jerrychetty2524
    @jerrychetty2524 2 года назад

    Excellent video thank you man

  • @putaidanganimal1
    @putaidanganimal1 4 года назад +1

    Thanks for the helpful video! I watched this so I don't have to always ask my mom or older sis to get the crab meat for me.
    Now, I can open them easier like this video showed! Thank you very much! 🙏😂🍽🤤👍🦀

  • @susannefoort6606
    @susannefoort6606 7 лет назад +4

    looooooove this video !!! you all are soooo blessed over-there ! hmmmm delicious !

  • @Pondandgardensanctuary
    @Pondandgardensanctuary 4 года назад +16

    This is the way to show a person who has never opened and eaten blue crabs.

    • @mkimmick61
      @mkimmick61 4 года назад +1

      Well then why don't you show us how it's done. Put up or shut up.

    • @stevenkelly9731
      @stevenkelly9731 4 года назад +1

      @@mkimmick61 stick to fake crabs....desert dweller.

    • @xorpe7172
      @xorpe7172 3 года назад

      @@stevenkelly9731 wtf is happening here

  • @inkredableone8029
    @inkredableone8029 5 лет назад

    Great video, thanks for showing Baltimore some love.

  • @michellewestusa
    @michellewestusa 4 года назад

    Great presentation

  • @jimthompson9959
    @jimthompson9959 5 лет назад +5

    When I first started picking crab, my hands got so sore from the sharp edges of the shell. I can tell you have built up some callous over the years.

  • @mustachebowser5421
    @mustachebowser5421 6 лет назад +4

    Crab is defiantly my favorite food in the world (even though I'm from Maryland and I have no choice but to love it) and seeing a crab getting opened reminds me of the first time I ate crab. Sadly though, I ate the lungs... it was not ok.

  • @stolatboy9058
    @stolatboy9058 Год назад

    Great job, thank you !

  • @edayo5501
    @edayo5501 5 лет назад +1

    My Uncle in the 70;s ships semi trucks full of Blue Crab for Louisiana every week to Maryland. He ran the collection point in Morgan City La /Berwick La. Same crab that is in Maryland.

  • @WhatRella
    @WhatRella 5 лет назад +16

    I knew it was about to be some bs when I saw the hammer thing 😩

    • @shellbells339
      @shellbells339 5 лет назад

      Rellz Room Right!! Hahahahahaha tourists only.

  • @chetgravatt9562
    @chetgravatt9562 6 лет назад +23

    Here in NJ us clam diggers generally eat the crab meat as it is removed instead of piling it up. Only the Bennies pile it up to eat later.

    • @TravelingIsMyHobby
      @TravelingIsMyHobby 5 лет назад +6

      Typically us Marylanders do, I couldn't pile it up.. anticipation would kill me. :)

    • @robertwalker7010
      @robertwalker7010 5 лет назад +2

      Chet Gravatt word! Jersey strong.

    • @ConstantlyRepeatingMyself
      @ConstantlyRepeatingMyself 5 лет назад +6

      No one makes a pile of crab meat before eating except this crazy guy!!!

    • @Josh-ye2kw
      @Josh-ye2kw 4 года назад +1

      @@ConstantlyRepeatingMyself you people are too damn stupid. Hes not piling it up to eat, hes making a tutorial vid on how to pick crabs. HES IN LAS VEGAS. You know how many foreigners go to vegas who probably have never had blue crab in their life? FFS you idiots

    • @lilliputlittle
      @lilliputlittle 4 года назад

      I learned to pile it up but it was because I always was picking for two small kids at the same time. I would pick mine between the kids' and when they were finally full - I had a nice big pile of crab meat to enjoy.
      Kids are grown but I still like to do that way.

  • @UJB123
    @UJB123 4 года назад

    Good instructional video.

  • @jsoriano413
    @jsoriano413 6 лет назад

    Excellent video. Very informative too

  • @bigchungus2493
    @bigchungus2493 5 лет назад +3

    Love the gills of the crab.

    • @dougstayton9313
      @dougstayton9313 4 года назад +2

      Dear god man !! There's a reason they call them dead man fingers !!

    • @n40tom
      @n40tom 4 года назад +1

      YOUR SO FULL OF SHIT

    • @stevenkelly9731
      @stevenkelly9731 4 года назад

      @@dougstayton9313 😁😂😄

  • @ianviator6556
    @ianviator6556 7 лет назад +205

    idk why im watching this i already know how to clean a crab

    • @alandickerson4852
      @alandickerson4852 6 лет назад +8

      Cause you just wanna see how funny it is to watch folks you DON'T know what to do. :-D

    • @dusthue
      @dusthue 6 лет назад +3

      Ian Viator because it’s relaxing dammit.😏

    • @ginnyday9224
      @ginnyday9224 5 лет назад +4

      I just said the same thing 🤦‍♀️ but now I want to go buy some lol

    • @81hothead
      @81hothead 5 лет назад +3

      Me too 😂 I’m from Jamaica, crab is a must.

    • @Alaska-Jack
      @Alaska-Jack 5 лет назад +2

      Ian Viator me too, I’m hankering for a hunk of crab!!

  • @joshuajones1319
    @joshuajones1319 6 лет назад

    Excellent process...! In Louisiana we boil the blue crabs we catch from the shore/bank....good times as you said about getting together and eating crabs.

  • @yvette7536
    @yvette7536 4 года назад

    This was so therapeutic to watch!

  • @orvinstrickler2130
    @orvinstrickler2130 6 лет назад +3

    FYI, Crab spice has not been made in down town Baltimore for at lest 20 years. It has been made in Hunt Valley since the Old Bay building was torn down.

    • @edstewartjr4530
      @edstewartjr4530 5 лет назад +2

      I think JO is still made in Baltimore... I actually like it better than Old Bay, but both are good.

    • @TravelingIsMyHobby
      @TravelingIsMyHobby 5 лет назад

      Did they tear the old McComrick plant down when they moved it to Hunt Valley... or did they just renovate it and make it a hotel?

  • @HemlockRidge
    @HemlockRidge 5 лет назад +8

    Little cuts on your fingers get full of Old Bay. It hurts. I love crab, though.

  • @KhornPark88
    @KhornPark88 5 лет назад

    Awesome video

  • @JoyceHsu
    @JoyceHsu 9 лет назад +1

    Yummy. Great video because I never know what to do with all those tools.

  • @theresabollman8061
    @theresabollman8061 4 года назад +3

    I've heard they are delicious; I just never knew there was so little meat on each crab. Gotta try some.

  • @bonsaitreehouse5534
    @bonsaitreehouse5534 5 лет назад +12

    I think I'll stick with larger crabs where you get more meat with less work and you don't need any special seasoning except butter

    • @ronshawver6880
      @ronshawver6880 5 лет назад +1

      Not the same flavor at all.

    • @greenlawnfarm5827
      @greenlawnfarm5827 5 лет назад

      They are just as good. After 2 bay crabs my fingers hurt and i wish i just had some monster snow crab legs.

    • @MrPanzerblitz
      @MrPanzerblitz 5 лет назад

      Dungeness are the sweetest, and you only need one to fill you up!

    • @mikewillett5076
      @mikewillett5076 4 года назад

      @@MrPanzerblitz. Jumbo blue crab is my favorite but love dungeness. Either just butter, but have cooked some with Old Bay or J.O. Crab Seasoning. (And the butter, lol.)

    • @mikewillett5076
      @mikewillett5076 4 года назад

      Crab seasoning is almost mandatory for me but I have dipped blue crab in butter (along with the seasoning.) I want steamed crabs now! Lol🦀🍺

  • @alisade127
    @alisade127 4 года назад

    Great tutorial. Thank you.

  • @alejandro12692
    @alejandro12692 3 года назад

    Awesome tutorial man. I’m in Reedville and my crab pots are full even this late in the season. Been picking crabs my whole life but wanted a refresher. There’s nothing like the Chesapeake Bay. And to all the haters in the comments.. you don’t know a great crab pickin tutorial when you see one.

  • @msbowlsonlovinglife891
    @msbowlsonlovinglife891 7 лет назад +4

    i love crab but blue crabs seems like its to much work cracking it open verses snow or Alaska crab which is much easier😀😀 but this is a excellent tutorial! !

    • @nesta6480
      @nesta6480 7 лет назад +1

      Blues are better though.

  • @blackpanther2976
    @blackpanther2976 8 лет назад +3

    Crab is pretty complicated to eat but now I want some...

  • @markdunbar8219
    @markdunbar8219 4 года назад

    My mouth was salivating watching you prep the crab 😛 from the uk 👍🏻😁

  • @MoonsaultMadLad
    @MoonsaultMadLad 2 года назад

    Exactly how it's done, friend. I'm 31, been doing it my whole life like this.

  • @jimmiedubie5046
    @jimmiedubie5046 5 лет назад +45

    I woulda been on my 4th crab

    • @heavenstomurgatroyd7033
      @heavenstomurgatroyd7033 5 лет назад +2

      Nine families starved to death watching this video, a pile of fresh crab was found within easy reach....yikes.....

  • @denedg
    @denedg 5 лет назад +11

    Contrary to what he said in the video, I and most Marylanders I know buy and prefer male crabs. Also we prefer to steam our crabs instead of putting them in a pot of boiling water.

  • @junespiritu3234
    @junespiritu3234 5 лет назад

    I'm from the Philippines and we teach this to our kids at an early age.

  • @donnaeichor7292
    @donnaeichor7292 3 года назад

    Great job Mark, I am a 75 yr old Marylander and Have no idea why I watched this ....but it was fab......ol picker here.....miss my blue crabs....

  • @MsEss2011
    @MsEss2011 5 лет назад +3

    That does not look like the Washington monument, that looks like exactly what it looks like 😉
    🤣

  • @winniechilton1734
    @winniechilton1734 9 лет назад +3

    the best way to eat crabs thank you!

  • @kayduncan7019
    @kayduncan7019 5 лет назад +1

    I'm from Baltimore, now living in Texas and craving Maryland Blue crabs & an egg custard snowball so badly. Thank you for posting this video as a reminder of home. I'm thinking about starting a crab and snowball business her, just to meet my cravings.

    • @donovangolemon4200
      @donovangolemon4200 2 года назад

      Plenty of blue crabs in the gulf silly, just caught some in Galveston the other day and feasted.

  • @LaraFabans
    @LaraFabans 5 лет назад

    I'm a Dungeness gal and can't wait for the next season so I can finally break it down properly! Hubby loves the knuckle meat the best and this will be a great way of serving it to him.

    • @---zn6fr
      @---zn6fr 5 лет назад

      You serve your husband food? You are a rarity!