King Crab Question

LonelyNorthwind · #21 04/25/10, 02:50 PM

I think you & dh will just have to come up here and get some. When my grandkids come to visit in the summer they mail their clothes when it's time to go home so they can check in boxes of frozen seafood instead of luggage. There's 8 of them hungry teenagers in dd's family which makes a couple hundred pounds of seafoodwell worth expense of getting them here.

ps: tell your darling dh I want one brand new, not used.

LonelyNorthwind · #22 04/25/10, 03:16 PM

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SteveD(TX) · #23 04/25/10, 04:34 PM

Most restaurants will either split the shells for you prior to bringing the crab out, or give you a small wooden mallet and a special "zipper" tool to open up the crab with. The mallet works well with king crab.

thebaker · #24 04/25/10, 08:16 PM

We can't wait to go back to try again to hopefully enjoy them better.

Love the photos of the crab too. Now it makes it even harder to wait to have the crab legs. LOL

Thanks everyone for all the help or advice.

Shepherd · #25 04/26/10, 10:34 AM

We go for the red lobster tails about once or twice a year, usually for a special treat. DH got a raise at work, PTL... so we will go there for that in the near future most likely.

We use a strong steak knife and cut the underside, then pry the shell apart to get the crab meat out. There is a tool you can buy that's long and skinny (kind of designed like a crow bar), so it will fit inside the legs and push or pull the meat out. We use them at home (buying the frozen crab legs). We figure we can get twice the amount of crab by eating at home, versus eating at a restaurant... and still pay less.

Oh what I wouldn't give to live somewhere like Gramma where I could get fresh crab often!

chickenmommy · #26 04/26/10, 12:19 PM

When you place your order, ask that the crab legs be cut by the chef for easy removal of meat. Removes any future fight with your food.

Bear · #27 04/26/10, 04:52 PM

Maybe you could use the Sledge-O-Matic like Gallagher does on tv!

Farmerwilly2 · #28 04/26/10, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by GrammasCabin

I didn't read all the replies but I havta add my 2 cents. In a restaurant your crab legs will be cut open and all you have to do is pull the meat out. If you're preparing your own, hold the leg "carefully" using gloves or a kitchen towel for protection and break the legs at the joints [B]backwards[B] so the membrane holding the joints together slips out. Then with kitchen shears cut lenghwise up the leg twice, about an inch apart, lift out the cut portion and "viola" there's your crabmeat. For the claws, which is the best part, there's nothing left to use but a hammer.

King Crab Question - Countryside Families

However, my favorite crab is Dungeness, much easier to eat too!

King Crab Question - Countryside Families

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