We do same thing, boil them whole, but I like that you added stuff into the water beforehand and eat all the buttery stuff in the head and body (mixed with the meat). Im going to try it. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! Although I've lived on the Pacific Northwest coast all my life, I've always had someone give me the crab cooked and cleaned until tonight's gift of live crab....so I appreciated the video! We did the boil for 12 minutes. It's kind of creepy but, hey, it's delicious!
I'm am so envious of your ability to catch the best fresh salmon there...I always buy a whole salmon at Pikes Market and have it shipped to me...even the whole fish we get here are not the same...keep the best for yourselves :-)
add a lemon, an onion, a couple ribs of celery and a couple carrots... its called a court bouillon in chef speak and is a yummy poaching stock for seafood. fennel also finds a home in this broth if you like that taste
That is a great idea for another type of crab. But Dungeness is so sweet you don’t want to spoil the flavor with aromatics. Unless you want to then go ahead and add them.
You got my attention at "Sonoma." I knew then that you knew what you were doing. My girlfriend brought fresh crab home tonight, so thanks. I usually cook them at the beach in a big pot. Doing it at home threw me for a loop.
I suggest removing the apron and carapace first, then removing the gills and cracking the crab in half with your hands. This way you get more meat on the legs when you separate them.
+Jeff Chen We can buy them already cooked at our local grocery stores and raw at a few fish markets and right off the docks when the fishermen come in. Can't get fresher then that!
Well, I don't rinse my oysters Honey, but Dungeness crab is so sweet, I want to let the natural sweetness come out, salt water makes them salty in my opinion. There are so many different types of crabs out there…some might benefit from that. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Cheers ~ Lindy
Yes, go to minute 1:50 for flavoring instructions. Dungeness crab doesn't need to be overly flavored as their flavor is great by itself. So it's not a crab boil .. just fooking the crab seasoned. Cheers.
which doesn't kill them, it only puts them into a sleep like state and keeps them from moving around. You don't want to cook them if they are dead as they release enzymes that immediately start deteriorating the meat, making it mushy and mealy.
Yes, it's the same issue I have when I read that to clean the grit out of clams and mussels, put them into water with cornmeal…WTH??? Soaking in fresh water will kill them, soak in well salted water and forget the cornmeal, which just makes a mess...
Good deal! Louisiana and South Texas started washing these oyster in fresh water! Why after all these years they started doing it IDK, but will make the oysters lose there taste, if it come out of the sea wash it from the sea, if it come out of fresh water wash in fresh water CHEERS
I didn't want to flavor the crab, I love the fresh crab flavor. Not sure if your saying the ice bath is a good thing or a bad thing :-) but it does cool it down so I can get to the meat.
You can't eat it until it's dead and you don't want it dead when you cook it, unless you would feel more comfortable stabbing it between its eyes, then that is an option. Or don't eat them at all. Choice is yours.
@@Lindysez123 most meats in the world are dead when you cook them. Beef, fish, chicken, all dead BEFORE cooking. Stabbing the crab in its apron is a good way to kill it before cooking. But to each their own.
Ryin88 You are correct most of the meets are dead before you cook them and I’ll bet you a lot of those meets were not killed nearly as humanely as the instantaneous death of the crab being put in the boiling water
On the East coast here in Florida, these are $14 EACH! Sometimes more! So usually we only can get ONE :( Not really a crab fest. More like a crab tasting!
Don't really agree with you there as a Dungeness Crab's meat is the best part. A lot of people use the tomalley when cooking dishes such as a Cioppino or fish stew, I do too, but I didn't need it for this and I'm not one to just suck it up. The other stuff that I washed out from the inside is inedible.
Dispatch the crab before boiling... Cut the ventral nerve cord on crabs or lobsters . Take a knife and stab them in the middle of their "belly", that being where the flap beneath them (actually their abdomen folded up beneath them) ends. The abdomen ends in a triangle-like shape, so just stab them right at its tip, or on either side of it, with a knife, and they will stop moving in seconds. The deeper you stab the better. Its the same basic deal with lobster, except their abdomen isn't folded up beneath them, so just stab the knife right in the center of where their legs meet.
No I just wash oyster off in there natural water,or leave them in there salt water and freeze them! Crabs i do boil them in fresh water I do let them cool off before i eat em, but i don't use ice water to cool em, Hummm idk what your doing with the cornmeal in the water, unless making a water cornbread
Alaskan king crab is only available here frozen and can be pretty dry and yucky. We can get live Dungeness here easily and it's much superior to frozen Alaskan king crab. I'm sure king crab cooked fresh in Alaska is delicious.
As a budding cook: I have seen chefs take the "guts" out first and then removing the "legs by breaking the whole crab in half. Also do you or would you use crab boil in the water?
I guess, get into it anyway you can. I just find my method to be the easiest for me. You could use crab boil, but Dungeness crabs have such a sweet and unique flavor, I think crab boil would mask it. so I don't recommend it. Good luck in continuing to grow your cooking skills!
stormycliffs Actually, they both funcion very similarly. The liver is constantly filtering blood to remove toxins, which is why alcohol affects the liver so profoundly.
Thanks for sharing the Vid . Dipping the crab in ice water(after cooking ) i would think would loose a bit of the flavour and rinsing of the crab after breaking them in half would loose even more flavour , what i do is use paper towel and wipe some of the green stuff off ( crab butter i heard it being called ) . Food always taste better hot or in this case warm and i always enjoy the juice the crab has in the meat / legs etc. but i found usefull the 10 min boil because I've always went 13-15 . Once again thanks for sharing Vancouver islander 4 ever .
4:20 - 4:30 that awkward moment when you told your cameraman to put the camera on you but he forgot and you have to remind him whilst on film.
you are awesome Liz!!!!
We do same thing, boil them whole, but I like that you added stuff into the water beforehand and eat all the buttery stuff in the head and body (mixed with the meat). Im going to try it. Thanks for sharing.
This is mouth watering thank you for sharing
I am going crabbing today. Thanks for the advice.
Thank you for the instructions! made my mothers dinner a blast for her birthday!
+thickerequation Good to hear - and Happy Birthday to your Mom. Cheers
one great part about the puget sount is when there is salmon to catch you get fillets and you use the scraps for crabbing its always a fun time!
oh my goodness, this looks soooo good.
Good job!
Thank you, I hope you try it...
Very cool!
Thanks! Although I've lived on the Pacific Northwest coast all my life, I've always had someone give me the crab cooked and cleaned until tonight's gift of live crab....so I appreciated the video! We did the boil for 12 minutes. It's kind of creepy but, hey, it's delicious!
I know what you mean, the first time is the hardest. But fresh cooked is so yummy! Glad the video helped with the process. Cheers ~ Lindy
Man now u mane me want some crab my god that looked so good
i will try and put a video response of how i clean crabs and i cant stop watching this vid btw its so good and detailed
Thank you. Please do. Cheers ~ Lindy
One day the crabs will rise out of the sea and snip snip snip all the humans
im gonna snip snip you
Better eating them than having them... LOL
Now, you have *THAT* right Queenie Amalia LOL
you got that right!!
I'm am so envious of your ability to catch the best fresh salmon there...I always buy a whole salmon at Pikes Market and have it shipped to me...even the whole fish we get here are not the same...keep the best for yourselves :-)
Awesome video
THANK YOU NICE VIDEO.
Here in am writing this on New Year’s Eve, the year of our lord 2023. Boy have times changed from 11 years ago, 2012 when it says this video was made.
looks delicious
I can’t believe she dumped all that tasty crab butter! 🦀
I only use it when making a Chippinno, otherwise I'm not a big fan :-)
Yes Yes thank you i new to cooking crabs 😀💃
How much did they cost?
S f bay Native here. Got two in the sink and the water is boiling. Salt and bay leaf and a little bit of bay seasoning and it's on
add a lemon, an onion, a couple ribs of celery and a couple carrots... its called a court bouillon in chef speak and is a yummy poaching stock for seafood. fennel also finds a home in this broth if you like that taste
That is a great idea for another type of crab. But Dungeness is so sweet you don’t want to spoil the flavor with aromatics. Unless you want to then go ahead and add them.
Rest in piece Mr. Krabs :(
0:15 Mr.Krabs: oh where am I?
What's going on here?
Uh oh. I do believe in magic x4
Oh nooooooooooooo.
4:34 . Watch her say "on me" hahah lol
Almost nothing is better than fresh fresh dungeness crab! I hope you can find them where you are... ~ Cheers
You got my attention at "Sonoma." I knew then that you knew what you were doing. My girlfriend brought fresh crab home tonight, so thanks. I usually cook them at the beach in a big pot. Doing it at home threw me for a loop.
You don't season the water?
Hi, there where can I order them live?
Lol, she whispers *on me
Makes me hungry.
It looks really tasty😋
+Saghar st sweet as sweet can be!
+Maulin Agrawal Thank you :-)
I suggest removing the apron and carapace first, then removing the gills and cracking the crab in half with your hands. This way you get more meat on the legs when you separate them.
RIP, crab butter, the best part. =(
where do u buy dungeness crab?
+Jeff Chen We can buy them already cooked at our local grocery stores and raw at a few fish markets and right off the docks when the fishermen come in. Can't get fresher then that!
crabs pinch with their pincers :D
Well, I don't rinse my oysters Honey, but Dungeness crab is so sweet, I want to let the natural sweetness come out, salt water makes them salty in my opinion. There are so many different types of crabs out there…some might benefit from that. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. Cheers ~ Lindy
rinse?
what would happen if i put a live crab inside of a large gutted salmon, then grilled the salmon?
I save the top of the shell and fill with crab patty, crab cakes ect or the big one make like a seafood sample platter ect out of em
Dread lock country boy from Bodaga bay... love you.. my wife cooks at the casino.. in Bodaga... lol.. we killing it in life...
Love you too :-) Love Bodega Bay and crabs...
Yes, go to minute 1:50 for flavoring instructions. Dungeness crab doesn't need to be overly flavored as their flavor is great by itself. So it's not a crab boil .. just fooking the crab seasoned. Cheers.
which doesn't kill them, it only puts them into a sleep like state and keeps them from moving around. You don't want to cook them if they are dead as they release enzymes that immediately start deteriorating the meat, making it mushy and mealy.
Personally, I don't think that would turn out so well...but let me know if you try it...haha...Cheers ~ Lindy
How much do tgey cost that big?
+wally caba When we can get them, and this year we aren't so far, they run about $6 - $8 per pound and those are about 2 1/2 pounds...
i live in pacific northwest to lol :D
Most humans suffer harder and longer than these crabs did before they died.
Yes, it's the same issue I have when I read that to clean the grit out of clams and mussels, put them into water with cornmeal…WTH??? Soaking in fresh water will kill them, soak in well salted water and forget the cornmeal, which just makes a mess...
viva á gastronomia portuguesa...
deviam experimentar como se faz em portugal ;)
Nice now I know what to do with all those crabs that try to eat my bait
Sally, at the store, cooked, from 6.99 to 8.99 a pound, off the boat, from 3.99 to 4.99 a pound...that includes the shell :-)
I saw some at the store, they were red... already cook. I wasn't sure how to eat it. So I watched this video to see how to eat that.
With the ice water all your doing is washing the favor away
Oh, I find a HUGE difference between snow and Dungeness. Taste and texture of the meat is different IMHO…but I agree, all are delish...
Dungeness is better flavor then snow/bardai but it's harder to get to. King crab is good because it's ease Dungeness is good because it's good.
cleaning crab the hard way...
its even better to cook them in the sea water i do this almost every weekend
Good deal! Louisiana and South Texas started washing these oyster in fresh water! Why after all these years they started doing it IDK, but will make the oysters lose there taste, if it come out of the sea wash it from the sea, if it come out of fresh water wash in fresh water CHEERS
I wonder would one last as a pet if you kept it in a proper tank?
hmmm
Yes its true! All crabs meat is fuller in the shell when the moon is full!
do you feel it now mr crabs?
+Dontaye Eder Art thou feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?
dontaye eder it feels good me krabs
Gimana sih rasa kepiting.penasaran euyy belum pernah nyobain
like a crab.. lol
Nice little vid here L:
You can also grab them by the tail and put them in.
If you saw a tail, I guess you could. I didn't see any tail on my crab...
Its DEFINTLY GOOD AF! but dats Fked up too!! whatRweDoing
I like it in my Cioppino, but otherwise, not so much.
I didn't want to flavor the crab, I love the fresh crab flavor. Not sure if your saying the ice bath is a good thing or a bad thing :-) but it does cool it down so I can get to the meat.
Thanks so much I just went crabbing but had no idea how to cook them.
Boil it alive dammit😃
she just boiled the damn thing alive
You can't eat it until it's dead and you don't want it dead when you cook it, unless you would feel more comfortable stabbing it between its eyes, then that is an option. Or don't eat them at all. Choice is yours.
@@Lindysez123 most meats in the world are dead when you cook them. Beef, fish, chicken, all dead BEFORE cooking. Stabbing the crab in its apron is a good way to kill it before cooking. But to each their own.
Ryin88 You are correct most of the meets are dead before you cook them and I’ll bet you a lot of those meets were not killed nearly as humanely as the instantaneous death of the crab being put in the boiling water
On the East coast here in Florida, these are $14 EACH! Sometimes more! So usually we only can get ONE :( Not really a crab fest. More like a crab tasting!
4:27 That's right Ms Lindy, keep that camera man in line. ;)
fun vid to watch, but i would have to say when you rinsed out all of the "ickiness" you rinsed out all of the flavor
Don't really agree with you there as a Dungeness Crab's meat is the best part. A lot of people use the tomalley when cooking dishes such as a Cioppino or fish stew, I do too, but I didn't need it for this and I'm not one to just suck it up. The other stuff that I washed out from the inside is inedible.
ok, i can live with that :) good vid!
Alutacon your
No she ment domeic acid ! Early in the dungeness crab season the crab butter can be poison.
Dispatch the crab before boiling... Cut the ventral nerve cord on crabs or lobsters . Take a knife and stab them in the middle of their "belly", that being where the flap beneath them (actually their abdomen folded up beneath them) ends. The abdomen ends in a triangle-like shape, so just stab them right at its tip, or on either side of it, with a knife, and they will stop moving in seconds. The deeper you stab the better. Its the same basic deal with lobster, except their abdomen isn't folded up beneath them, so just stab the knife right in the center of where their legs meet.
You can freeze them and it pretty much knocks them out prior to boiling
Yes, you can put them in the freezer, just make sure they don't "die" in the freezer. They need to be alive when you put them in the pot.
Nah. Just boil it alive. I don't care if it suffers.
jtlbb2 That's an ancillary reason to why the Crab should be dispatched prior to boiling.
+batfly and the main reason is... ?
No I just wash oyster off in there natural water,or leave them in there salt water and freeze them! Crabs i do boil them in fresh water I do let them cool off before i eat em, but i don't use ice water to cool em, Hummm idk what your doing with the cornmeal in the water, unless making a water cornbread
I'll bet. Unfortunately, the crab was here, but the sea was a few miles away :-)
plus I catch them myself
But we can't even get Peeky toe...so 1 up for the east coast!
My family eats Alaskan king crab it's so fucking good
Alaskan king crab is only available here frozen and can be pretty dry and yucky. We can get live Dungeness here easily and it's much superior to frozen Alaskan king crab. I'm sure king crab cooked fresh in Alaska is delicious.
As a budding cook: I have seen chefs take the "guts" out first and then removing the "legs by breaking the whole crab in half. Also do you or would you use crab boil in the water?
I guess, get into it anyway you can. I just find my method to be the easiest for me. You could use crab boil, but Dungeness crabs have such a sweet and unique flavor, I think crab boil would mask it. so I don't recommend it. Good luck in continuing to grow your cooking skills!
Thanks!
I don't find it necessary to scrub the crabs as I'm not eating the shell nor using the cooking liquid...not eating the membrane either :-) ~ Cheers
guess can set em in the icebox to cool down if ya want
I love crab legs and crab meat
I cant believe you just wasted all the crab butter, which is the best part of a crab. White people >.>
I know a lot of "white" people that love the crab butter, and I use it, just not in this dish…love and peace and thanks for watching...
It's the liver, where the body filters out toxins. While it's tasty, it's also potentially dangerous, a lot of people skip it for safety reasons.
Dr. Fun I pretty much use it when making Cioppino but not much otherwise…all good things in moderation.
Dr. Fun
actually, the kidneys filter out toxins, not the liver
stormycliffs Actually, they both funcion very similarly. The liver is constantly filtering blood to remove toxins, which is why alcohol affects the liver so profoundly.
Our dungeness crabs are not muddy...so no, I don't mind.
I've never heard this, I don't know that this applies to Dungeness crabs.
I Wash Them In Steam Them in Beer with Old Bay Seasoning
That’s The Maryland Way
Boiling takes out all the flavor from the crab. Better to steam it. Use a vegetable steamer in a large pot.
They actually do :(
Thanks for sharing the Vid . Dipping the crab in ice water(after cooking ) i would think would loose a bit of the flavour and rinsing of the crab after breaking them in half would loose even more flavour , what i do is use paper towel and wipe some of the green stuff off ( crab butter i heard it being called ) . Food always taste better hot or in this case warm and i always enjoy the juice the crab has in the meat / legs etc. but i found usefull the 10 min boil because I've always went 13-15 . Once again thanks for sharing
Vancouver islander 4 ever .
Yeah, I don't put my crab in ice water or rinse my crab either. I agree much taste is lost, as well as that luscioius crab butter!
You threw away the best part!
Funny how crab is full of meat "ONLY ON THE FULL MOON" !
It’s just a cleaner result without all that goop being cooked into the meat
4:26 no context
I know right😈
Can you just stop the music
You guys make a real mess of the crabs