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Learning how to eat Dungeness crab is simple. Eating Dungeness crab and not looking like the Scooby Doo sea monster is tough. Put all your classy eating habits aside and prepare to get sloppy -it’s what eating crab is all about!

If you never had a whole Dungeness crab placed in front of you before, the thought of ripping apart this crustacean can be intimidating. Where do you start? How do you dig into this meal that is shielded by a heavy coat of armour ?

Have no fear young crabbers -we give you some quick tips and pointers on how to make your crab cracking experience pleasurable. Soon you will be eating crab like a true pro crabber.

 

Tools that come in handy:

  • Newspaper or pretty much anything you can use to cover your work surface and throw away later.
  • Paper towels, bowl of soapy water, wet wipes or anything else to clean your drool filled fingers.
  • A bucket to collect discarded crab shells and bits.
  • A mallet for cracking the hard claw shells.
  • Crab crackers, nut crackers or pliers for breaking open stubborn shells.
  • A pick, an appetizer fork or the end pointy bit of the crab legs.
  • Some melted butter with fresh garlic for dipping the crab meat.

 

You should allow yourself 5 to 15 minutes, from start to finish, to get at all the delicious crab meat.

 

Where do you Start?

  1. Use your crab crackers and pick to break apart the shell and remove the meat. I always eat the legs first.
  2. Hold your crab in one hand and with the other hand break off each crab leg by twisting at the base.
  3. Remove the claws and use the mallet LIGHTLY to crack the shell so you can break it apart with your fingers. Remove the meat and dip it in the butter.
  4. With all the legs and claws removed getting to the body meat is a breeze. Break the body in half and work one side at a time.
  5. The body is made up of honeycombed like chambers separated with easy to break apart cartilage. Use your pick and take out all the meat in every compartment leaving nothing behind.

 

Do you still have questions about eating crab? Leave your questions in the comments section below and we will be happy to answer them for you.

 

How to Eat Dungeness Crab
 
 
: Main
Ingredients
  • Dungeness crab meat
Method to the Rad-ness
  1. Use your crab crackers and pick to break apart the shell and remove the meat. I always eat the legs first.
  2. Hold your crab in one hand and with the other hand break off each crab leg by twisting at the base.
  3. Remove the claws and use the mallet LIGHTLY to crack the shell so you can break it apart with your fingers. Remove the meat and dip it in the butter.
  4. With all the legs and claws removed getting to the body meat is a breeze. Break the body in half and work one side at a time.
  5. The body is made up of honeycombed like chambers separated with easy to break apart cartilage. Use your pick and take out all the meat in every compartment leaving nothing behind.

 

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