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.
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!!!
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.
@@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!!!
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!
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 😔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!
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.
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
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. 😋😋
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.
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 !
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!
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.
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
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!
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.
@@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
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.
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.
@@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.
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.
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.
We lived in Galveston TX for 150 years. My Grandmother's brother (Uncle Mason) who had 8 siblings,,, had to out to the bay (3 blocks away) to catch crabs for dinner. Fish was the Only food they could afford. He said Granny would make a crab meat loaf almost Every day. I Nearly had a stroke---You Got to Have/EAT Crab Every Day??? HIS response== I Never ate Crab after I left the House (to go to WWII). /// UnTil my Grandmother died,, we went to visit her three times a year,, from Odessa to Galveston. We would go crab hunting, come home and she would cook the crab. I was probably (from) 3 on Knowing how to eat crab./// I Long Since forgot Just How to eat an whole crab. /// THANK YOU for telling me Now!!!
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
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.
From Singapore and now Maryland.. Grew up eating crabs. You pull down the apron, dig in between the shell and pull the shell off first (use knife if you have to as leverage). Then the rest of the legs will come off easy from the main torso. The meat from the main chambers also break up easier. You first tackle the legs, you can potentially cut yourself because they less likely to “give”.
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.
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
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.
We're from MD and pretty much break down the crab the same way but don't forget to mention that some like to dip the meat in butter and Marylander's like our crab meat dipped in vinegar.
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!🙏🇺🇸
Nowadays I use Nitrile gloves to stop cutting my fingers, a wooden tool or anything else hard to crack the claws open, and I like to use the smallest part of pincher or any pointy thing to fish out the smaller bits. I would never waste as much meat as this guys does, I love getting every little bit. I live in Pacific northwest now and get lots of Dungeness, which is like a 'giant' blue crab, but still think blue crabs have outstanding flavor and "sweetest" meat. I try to get them when I travel home to eastern US. I love Maryland style seasoning with butter and some malt vinegar for dipping. I also don't care if it takes all day - or all night to eat crabs, it's the best thing ever.
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!
@@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.)
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
It's 7:30 in the morning and this has my mouth watering for crab!! Thanks for the tutorial, I would have smashed and inhaled most of the entire crab without knowing what should / shouldn't be eaten.
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.
grew up on the bayou in n fl cant tell the diff between md and gulf maybe size? bigger in colder waters? love to take the boat and scoop em as we troll get behind em when they dig in.
He nailed it. In South FL we call the gills "dead man", as a reminder it's not to be eaten. As a kid, we were told we die. So harsh but it definitely kept you from eating it.
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! !
I have not eaten crab before, but it must be very good. One guy whom I got to know in Southern California and was from South Louisiana brought back some crab meat from there and shared some of it with some people in the local bar to show what it looked like.
Excellent rather informative video. Well done. That having been said, I would urge you to actually visit a crab picking operation. There are many all along the East Coast. Especially since you own a restaurant specializing in Atlantic Blue Crap. I was raised on the coast of NC. I learned how to 'pick' crab as a child. Yet I learned more after getting to know the the 'pickers' that were paid by production (aka paid by the piece - the number of things they make, or tasks they complete (known as ‘output work’) While I find little fault with your technique I am confident it would behoove you to try and learn more from the people that pick crabs for a living. One last thing. Throw away the plastic knives. Keep the mallets. If for no other reason they add a bit of romance! You know as well as I do the pros use the handle of their high quality pairing knives to crack the claws. At any rate, I was impressed that you mentioned the meat in the legs. Of course the crab you were working with seemed to be medium or large size 5 ½ to 6 ½ inches...measured from point to point. Thankfully, I am able to get Jumbo crabs at a reasonable cost. Making extracting the meat from the legs well worth while. Nevertheless, I thank you for sharing this video. Even if it is rather presumptuous to label this as “THE RIGHT WAY” to crack crab...aka picking crab. Thanks.
eating crabs is best done by a campfire in the dark the first time you will enjoy the flavour and not be put off by the mess .. anyway it worked for me
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.
Yeah, but there's definitely WRONG ways to eat them, lol
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!!!
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.
@@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!!!
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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.
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....
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!
Alexandria?
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
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
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.
Maryland is very well known for your crab cakes, so I'll follow your example way over here in Oregon.
that had to be hard to pick the hole crab with out eating it along the way, i eat ad i go.
Yeah I was thinking that too. Just one lill taste in between dismantling that succulent taste lul morsel of goodness
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
They are actually the gills as crabs do not have lungs.
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
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.
I had no clue how to open a whole crab I usually just do crab legs now I want to try a whole one
Thanks 4 the video!!! Ignore the haters,you were very informative!
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.
I wasnt going to say anything bad until he ripped the wang off the crab and thru it away.
Wow! amazing! I learn how to differentiate male crabs from female crabs. These crabs make me hungry! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.
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!
MsQueen Shelle
@@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!
Dangerous to pile crab meat on table, good way for one of the kids to loose a finger
I can't be he only one who already knows how to crack a crab but is still watching anyways
Jason Paulin me too. Raised in Baltimore
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.
@@avamolina1611 yes I'm looking at him laughing like crazy 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Hahaha. Same. Louisiana born and now in Texas.
Yes but for us folks whose families came out of the Mid West, it was a great video.
I really miss living on the East Coast.. I will always love eating a Maryland Blue Crabs Feast all day & night long... peace
where do u live now ?
The Adventures of Hsuperman nunya usa
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.
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Best crab cleaning video I've ever seen - outstanding working my friend.
Thanks for this. Novice's everywhere appreciate a Pro showing us a fast way to clean 'em and eat 'em.
I just find it interesting as to sexing the crabs. Wanted to see the difference of crab gender.
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
I'm from the Philippines and we teach this to our kids at an early age.
I would need thirty or forty of these things to make a satisfying meal.
RJ OnTheBayouMan how much was the bill after all that lol
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. 😋😋
@@inApickle_ball props to your internet name!
Took me 30min to eat 2 crabs. So no, don’t ever try 30 or 40, that’s 15 hours
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.
Oh my, haven't had a blue crab in 30 years. I alwyas enjoyed them when we lived in Maryland. Thanks for sharing.
Great!
For the longest time I've been wanting to know how to open it correctly after fresh catch. Thanks
I'm blessed to be in Baltimore Maryland. i can walk out back and catch 1 to 2 dozen crabs in under 2 hours.
nice!!! never been
Consider yourself lucky...lol.
@Tom Jones lol.
Same im down here in indian head lol
kynunu chan and condoms won't do a thing😭
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 !
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.
Jimmy’s famous seafood best crabs and seafood since 1974
Seafood crabs and steaks
Jimmy's Famous Seafood is alive and kicking.
"authentic Maryland crab spice" 😂 I've never heard old bay described so fancy
He's not talking about Old Bay. He's referring to J O Spice.
He’s not talking about Old Bay. People from the DMV knows exactly what’s he talking about
@@spitfirestake54 So, what is he talking about? What spice blend?
Ron Shawver JO Seafood Spice
@@spitfirestake54 Is that a Baltimore company? I lived around there and the Eastern shore for about 10 years, but never heard of it.
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!
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.
Some guys taught me the right way! I wondered if it was the BEST way. Thanks for a great video!
Very well done very professional guys who do things on their own are not usually polished like this guy is great job my friend
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.
The "authentic Maryland crab spice" is called Old Bay.
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
Mitch you’re the best in the crab biz!
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!
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.
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.
Typically us Marylanders do, I couldn't pile it up.. anticipation would kill me. :)
Chet Gravatt word! Jersey strong.
No one makes a pile of crab meat before eating except this crazy guy!!!
@@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
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.
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! 👍🏽👍🏽😊😊
By the time he finishes that crab I'll have eaten 4, he'll never catch up.
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.
@@devoncain3443 He’s joking bruh
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.
Spot on! I'm from, & live in Maryland. I lived at water front property. I'm 61 years old, & you did it perfect.
Tell me why im on short vacation in Maryland, watching a video about Maryland Crabs cooked in Las Vegas, and I live in Vegas......
Dont get them at a restrant cause they are messy.
@@greenlawnfarm5827 dumbest statement I have seen on here.
@@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.
I cant wait to order me some crabs. I miss my home state ☺
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.
being from md, not too far from the crab spice (old bay) factory, it's interesting to see our crabs in vegas. cool though!
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.
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We lived in Galveston TX for 150 years. My Grandmother's brother (Uncle Mason) who had 8 siblings,,, had to out to the bay (3 blocks away) to catch crabs for dinner. Fish was the Only food they could afford. He said Granny would make a crab meat loaf almost Every day. I Nearly had a stroke---You Got to Have/EAT Crab Every Day??? HIS response== I Never ate Crab after I left the House (to go to WWII). /// UnTil my Grandmother died,, we went to visit her three times a year,, from Odessa to Galveston. We would go crab hunting, come home and she would cook the crab. I was probably (from) 3 on Knowing how to eat crab./// I Long Since forgot Just How to eat an whole crab. /// THANK YOU for telling me Now!!!
I'm from Maryland these tutorials are funny. Who uses tools lol
Never used tools but after years of cracking claws with my teeth, i use a piece of wood or my fingers to crack them.
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
Tutorial are meant for beginners. Thus, the tools.
Kiera white yea use the damn claw thats how i do i dont use no tools u go baby girl
Same here and for some reason this whole video bothered me so much
Wow ! Crabs my Favorite ! Sometimes I cook W/ coconut with Squash and spinach Lemon grass thank ypu
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.
I think JO is still made in Baltimore... I actually like it better than Old Bay, but both are good.
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?
From Singapore and now Maryland.. Grew up eating crabs. You pull down the apron, dig in between the shell and pull the shell off first (use knife if you have to as leverage).
Then the rest of the legs will come off easy from the main torso. The meat from the main chambers also break up easier.
You first tackle the legs, you can potentially cut yourself because they less likely to “give”.
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.
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
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
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.
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 .
Nobody:
My hungry ass at 2am: How to crack a crab
Deadass what I'm doing rn
OMG... that's me tonight. Thinking about going crabbing in the morning since the hurricane is approaching.
I’m from Maryland and have eaten countless crabs, I gotta say you did a good job 👍
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.
Amen brother😄
great video....I'm from the Mid-west, and we get them frozen...how long should I steam them....
i thought freezing would make the meat mushy
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
Perfect video to a newcomer. Just great step by steps....
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.
We're from MD and pretty much break down the crab the same way but don't forget to mention that some like to dip the meat in butter and Marylander's like our crab meat dipped in vinegar.
Love that you can get MD Blue Crabs in Las Vegas...keep it up.
I prefer male crabs
nice. Ty for the viewing ! subscribe if you can!!!!!
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!🙏🇺🇸
I love this place! Amazing crab in Las Vegas!
You're amazing.
Nowadays I use Nitrile gloves to stop cutting my fingers, a wooden tool or anything else hard to crack the claws open, and I like to use the smallest part of pincher or any pointy thing to fish out the smaller bits. I would never waste as much meat as this guys does, I love getting every little bit. I live in Pacific northwest now and get lots of Dungeness, which is like a 'giant' blue crab, but still think blue crabs have outstanding flavor and "sweetest" meat. I try to get them when I travel home to eastern US. I love Maryland style seasoning with butter and some malt vinegar for dipping. I also don't care if it takes all day - or all night to eat crabs, it's the best thing ever.
Yup crabs are a social thing😂 usually a bonus from them Vegas ladies
The boater ladies near the chesapeake live in trailers and smell bad.
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!
Little cuts on your fingers get full of Old Bay. It hurts. I love crab, though.
Love the way you cooked your crabs. Please send mine over. Thank you.
dang good food over at crab corner
Thanks for showing me how it's done I usually just get crab legs now I want to try a whole crab
@@verakintcher942 legs only???😄😁
A very informative video. It’s good to learn from the pros.
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
Not the same flavor at all.
They are just as good. After 2 bay crabs my fingers hurt and i wish i just had some monster snow crab legs.
Dungeness are the sweetest, and you only need one to fill you up!
@@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.)
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🦀🍺
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.
I woulda been on my 4th crab
Nine families starved to death watching this video, a pile of fresh crab was found within easy reach....yikes.....
Thanks for the tutorial. Very helpful. Not everyone know how to get to the meat properly. This way people won't waste
Anything.
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
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
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.
Plenty of blue crabs in the gulf silly, just caught some in Galveston the other day and feasted.
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.
Agreed and agreed
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.
idk why im watching this i already know how to clean a crab
Cause you just wanna see how funny it is to watch folks you DON'T know what to do. :-D
Ian Viator because it’s relaxing dammit.😏
I just said the same thing 🤦♀️ but now I want to go buy some lol
Me too 😂 I’m from Jamaica, crab is a must.
Ian Viator me too, I’m hankering for a hunk of crab!!
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.
You serve your husband food? You are a rarity!
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.
It's 7:30 in the morning and this has my mouth watering for crab!! Thanks for the tutorial, I would have smashed and inhaled most of the entire crab without knowing what should / shouldn't be eaten.
haha ty for viewing
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.
Exactly how it's done, friend. I'm 31, been doing it my whole life like this.
I knew it was about to be some bs when I saw the hammer thing 😩
Rellz Room Right!! Hahahahahaha tourists only.
Live out in Vegas.
1st time I heard about this place
I usually go to Joe’s Stone Crab @ Caesar’s
I’ll have to try your spot out.
Totally totally different types of crabs....wait until late April to go...that's a little beyond the crab season. Better time to go.
steven kelly for sure man. Definitely have to swing by around late April. Thanks brutha!
@@SinisterCity you welcome my bro.
I've heard they are delicious; I just never knew there was so little meat on each crab. Gotta try some.
looooooove this video !!! you all are soooo blessed over-there ! hmmmm delicious !
grew up on the bayou in n fl cant tell the diff between md and gulf maybe size? bigger in colder waters? love to take the boat and scoop em as we troll get behind em when they dig in.
Love the gills of the crab.
Dear god man !! There's a reason they call them dead man fingers !!
YOUR SO FULL OF SHIT
@@dougstayton9313 😁😂😄
He nailed it. In South FL we call the gills "dead man", as a reminder it's not to be eaten. As a kid, we were told we die. So harsh but it definitely kept you from eating it.
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! !
Blues are better though.
I have not eaten crab before, but it must be very good. One guy whom I got to know in Southern California and was from South Louisiana brought back some crab meat from there and shared some of it with some people in the local bar to show what it looked like.
Crab is pretty complicated to eat but now I want some...
haha
I definitely like to pick and pile!! I typically pick 6 at a time then drizzle the pile with sauce and ENJOY 😋😊
i am now an expert! TY Crab Corner!
Excellent rather informative video. Well done.
That having been said, I would urge you to actually visit a crab picking operation. There are many all along the East
Coast. Especially since you own a restaurant specializing in Atlantic Blue Crap.
I was raised on the coast of NC. I learned how to 'pick' crab as a child. Yet I learned more after getting to know the the 'pickers' that were paid by production (aka paid by the piece - the number of things they make, or tasks they complete (known as ‘output work’)
While I find little fault with your technique I am confident it would behoove you to try and learn more from the people that pick crabs for a living.
One last thing. Throw away the plastic knives.
Keep the mallets. If for no other reason they add a bit of romance! You know as well as I do the pros use the handle of their high quality pairing knives to crack the claws.
At any rate, I was impressed that you mentioned the meat in the legs. Of course the crab you were working with seemed to be medium or large size 5 ½ to 6 ½ inches...measured from point to point.
Thankfully, I am able to get Jumbo crabs at a reasonable cost. Making extracting the meat from the legs well worth while.
Nevertheless, I thank you for sharing this video. Even if it is rather presumptuous to label this as “THE RIGHT WAY” to crack crab...aka picking crab.
Thanks.
the best way to eat crabs thank you！
My mouth was salivating watching you prep the crab 😛 from the uk 👍🏻😁
Eating crabs in Maryland for 30 years, I have never eaten a female crab.
It's the 21st Century. It's alright, it happens to nice people too!
I prefer males to females.. but if there’s only females, I eat females!
I've always been nervous to eat crab cuz I didn't know how to do it right. Thanks for the tutorial. 😋
eating crabs is best done by a campfire in the dark the first time you will enjoy the flavour and not be put off by the mess .. anyway it worked for me
No tools needed... just your hands.