How long does crab keep

[Kleyny]

I love this site so much great info and no sh!t.

When you say clean them how do I do this?

You know the sad thing about this is my wife and I dont even eat the bloody things. Hence all the questions I guess.

[BR65]

that would explain why the reef n beef was so boney at the Palace last nite then.

remind me to send you guys down some Pacific Dory, freshly line caught by a mates mates brothers wife just out the front of Woody Point, genuine reef fish, trust me....

[Bazil Brush]

Tru that Baz, fresh bread and hot crab sangas

Pete

No Pete, cold beer & no bread.

Baz

[BR65]

mate, the southerner prob has a differant way, I put em to sleep in the slurry, then bring the big pot of sea water to boil, cook between 20 and 25 minutes depending on how many crabs in the pot and how full, plunge in a sea water ice slurry, then peel from the point of the flap on the under side, taking off the shell.
Rinse off the gunk in the slurry, break in 1/2 or 1/4 as you like, happy days

[Pete62]

No Pete, cold beer & no bread.

Baz

Drippin' off ya elbows.................

Pete

[robc]

Hey Kleyny,
Mate i always steam my crabs heaps easier and cleaner too,just kill your crabs clean them by removing the carapace take out all the gills and gunk,halve them and pop em into a large pot with about 30mm of boiling water in it,cook for about 15mins...too easy! that way your not waiting for the water to come back on the boil.
Cheers Rob

[robersl]

Neill you you need some guidence cleaning them mate or cooking them i am near you in caboolture
ps dont suppose you were out on sunday chasing flathead at donnybrook
shane

[BR65]

rob, do they still taste salty if you steam them, and is it salty water you steam them with?

[robc]

Yeah they still taste salty once you try steaming them you will never boil them again.Its amazing how many cleaned half crabs can fit into a normal pot aswell,

[BR65]

thanks, will try that, just gotta get the crabs now