 Ocean City, Maryland
Steamed Crabs at The Beach
How to pick 'em & eat 'em
EATING CRABS in Ocean City...where adults are actually encouraged to wear a bib, eat with their hands, get food on the table, pound on the table, throw their leftovers in a pile, generally make a mess...and HAVE A GOOD TIME.
There are probably as many ways to pick and eat steamed crabs as there are "crab pickers" in Ocean City.
The following photos and descriptions should help. Just a few hints:
- Don't bother about the mess.
- Don't rub your eyes until you have thoroughly washed your hands.
- Have fun. Share stories with your friends (and just maybe a cold beer).
- Enjoy!
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1. Tools: All you need are a mallet, a dull knife, and plenty of kraft paper (or maybe newspaper) to cover your table.
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2. Remove the front claws: Put them aside, you can come back to them later.
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3. Pull off the rest of the legs: Sometimes, you get lucky and some crab meat pulls out with them. Just enjoy it.
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4. Open the apron: Pull up the apron on the bottom of the crab and break it off.
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5. Open the crab: You can now easily pull the hard shell off of the top of the crab.
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6. Clean out: Scrape out and discard anything that does not look appealing to you - the yellow "mustard" and the lungs (sometimes called the devil's fingers).
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7. Break in half: You are now down to the main part of the crab. Simply grasp it in both hands and break it in half to expose the sweet crab meat.
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8. The crab meat: can be found in all of the little nooks and crannies. This is some of the finest tasting seafood to be had anywhere.
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Oh yes, what are the mallet and knife for? The knife (not sharp, please) helps to pull the crab meat out from all the little nooks and crannies. And the mallet - well, each large claw also contains some fine-eatin' meat - use the mallet to crack the claws. Actually, the only essential "tool" is the paper to cover the table. The mallet and knife only make things a "little" easier, but they definitely add to the fun.
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