Dungess crabs......man is that good!

[smitty 1]

I was born and raised in maryland, having said that, All my crabs where either steamed with old bay or deep fried with beer batter. I took 8 halves of dungeness crabs and steamed them like blue crabs in beer and vinegar. Wow did they turn out good. Clarified about 1/4 pound of butter to dip with and they where out of this world.   Try it some time. Especially our west coast A/S drivers.

[T Race]

Smitty,

   Your placement of the looooooowly Dungeness Crab in the same paragraph as the noble Blue Crab must be contested - to almost imply that the loooooooowly Dungeness Crab swims in the same holy sea as the kingly Blue Crab prevails upon my epicurean tastes.

   Dern.  Being borned on the Chesapeake myself, why, I believe we may have to arm wrastle, in that I may restore the luster to the Blue Crab's barnacled reputation.

   Being banished to this loathsome  coast myself, I have had the grave misfortune of consuming pounds of the loooooowly Dungeness, deprived of access to the bounty of my homeland, and fairly long for the sweet fruit of a Blue Crab claw, the very pinnacle of his race !


OK, OK.....the Dungeness can be edible if that is all you have

In all seriousness, Smitty, we're glad you enjoyed them!

[smitty 1]

T Race,  I did smother them with Old bay before steaming them.    Does that help.....lol
Crabs in the Chesapeak are getting really expensive and half of them wind up coming from Texas and Louisiana.
I have a brother still in the Baltimore Area of Maryland and he says the crab world up there is Lite and small.

I do eat my fair share of blue crabs and soft crabs here in Houston, howerver, the drought has the bay salty as all get out.

As you know, crabs like it a tad brackish and we haven't had any rain in almost a year.

[kchaudha]

Having lived on both east and west coasts and gone crabbing for blues in NC and dungeness in CA, my preference is dungeness.
Part of this is probably due to the amount of crabmeat attained per minute of shelling effort but the taste sure is good too!
Of course, I'll take what I can get.  Now that I live in Boston, I'm stuck with whatever is for sale at the moment.

Now I face the wrath of T race and others from Chesapeake Bay area :)

[fitz73222]

Having lived on both east and west coasts and gone crabbing for blues in NC and dungeness in CA, my preference is dungeness.
Part of this is probably due to the amount of crabmeat attained per minute of shelling effort but the taste sure is good too!
Of course, I'll take what I can get.  Now that I live in Boston, I'm stuck with whatever is for sale at the moment.

Now I face the wrath of T race and others from Chesapeake Bay area :)

The best blue crab recipe I've seen is to take a nice medium blue crab, pop off his claws, bust his shell in half with any blunt instrument, rip off the shell and remaining legs and send him to the bottom behind a 2 oz egg sinker and 3/0 Kahle and wait for a nice fat tasty red or black drum to eat the damn thing... Now thats good eating!

[gran398]

Having lived on both east and west coasts and gone crabbing for blues in NC and dungeness in CA, my preference is dungeness.
Part of this is probably due to the amount of crabmeat attained per minute of shelling effort but the taste sure is good too!
Of course, I'll take what I can get.  Now that I live in Boston, I'm stuck with whatever is for sale at the moment.

Now I face the wrath of T race and others from Chesapeake Bay area :)

The best blue crab recipe I've seen is to take a nice medium blue crab, pop off his claws, bust his shell in half with any blunt instrument, rip off the shell and remaining legs and send him to the bottom behind a 2 oz egg sinker and 3/0 Kahle and wait for a nice fat tasty red or black drum to eat the damn thing... Now thats good eating!

Lookie here bro...you need to adjust the Kahle to the size of the arachnid. And no more than 20 lb test fluorocarbon for those finicky types. Just sayin'.....

[gran398]

Your placement of the looooooowly Dungeness Crab in the same paragraph as the noble Blue Crab must be contested - to almost imply that the loooooooowly Dungeness Crab swims in the same holy sea as the kingly Blue Crab prevails upon my epicurean tastes.

   Dern.  Being borned on the Chesapeake myself, why, I believe we may have to arm wrastle, in that I may restore the luster to the Blue Crab's barnacled reputation.

   Being banished to this loathsome  coast myself, I have had the grave misfortune of consuming pounds of the loooooowly Dungeness, deprived of access to the bounty of my homeland, and fairly long for the sweet fruit of a Blue Crab claw, the very pinnacle of his race !


OK, OK.....the Dungeness can be edible if that is all you have





Trace, excellent commentary!

So you like to arm wrassel? Well by golly, let's get wit it.... right now!

All right, lets go. Me and you. Oh no!....Ripped a bicep...damn...you're off the hook. Better say you blessings, pal

Fellers...from all appearances...our buddy Trace would turn me into a pretzel. An old-fashioned Snyder's of Hanover pretzel

[T Race]

Your placement of the looooooowly Dungeness Crab in the same paragraph as the noble Blue Crab must be contested - to almost imply that the loooooooowly Dungeness Crab swims in the same holy sea as the kingly Blue Crab prevails upon my epicurean tastes.

   Dern.  Being borned on the Chesapeake myself, why, I believe we may have to arm wrastle, in that I may restore the luster to the Blue Crab's barnacled reputation.

   Being banished to this loathsome  coast myself, I have had the grave misfortune of consuming pounds of the loooooowly Dungeness, deprived of access to the bounty of my homeland, and fairly long for the sweet fruit of a Blue Crab claw, the very pinnacle of his race !


OK, OK.....the Dungeness can be edible if that is all you have





Trace, excellent commentary!

So you like to arm wrassel? Well by golly, let's get wit it.... right now!

All right, lets go. Me and you. Oh no!....Ripped a bicep...damn...you're off the hook. Better say you blessings, pal

Fellers...from all appearances...our buddy Trace would turn me into a pretzel. An old-fashioned Snyder's of Hanover pretzel

Well, fellers, not to brag.....   jeez, who am I kidding.


The days of swollen forearms, seething with copious amounts of teenage testosterone are, sadly, by the way.... :(

These days, beer bets and best-crab-arguments are decided in only the most dignified manner, reflective of the august phase of my Life...

          .....THUMB WRASTLIN' !!     You don't WANT a piece of my thumb, mister...  It will be a flurry of pain....  I'll hit you with so

many lefts - you'll beg for a right...  why, I'll hit you so hard and so fast you'll think you're surrounded... it will be all bad.


Just Joshin'.    Its all peace and love, baby....

                                                               .......after all, I am stuck here in California.  

oh...except for Oakland.... the Commie trust fund babies have crawled out of their meth induced stupor for a moment....  

[seabob4]

I was up in Kent Narrows a couple years ago (across the Bay Bridge form Annapolis), contemplated AUTHENTIC eastern shore crab cakes for dinner...$25 for frickin crab cakes?  For just myself?  Give me a break!!

[T Race]

SB4,

       My momma taught me how to make "crab cakes" out of canned mackerel .... lots of Old Bay Seasoning and I won't charge you but $23 dollars !!

       They're  G - U - D  goooood !!  

[T Race]

Now I face the wrath of T race and others from Chesapeake Bay area :)

No wrath, my brother.....  you say tomato I say TOMATO.

you like the loooooooowly Dungeness Crab - I like the Crown Prince, the noble Blue Crab - more for me, tee hee !!  


  ooops !  Here comes some wrath:   "kchauda - you have failed me for the LAST TIME....."


Actually, the season for the looooooooowly Dungeness Crab is soon to open here, so I better change my tune, because as night

follows day, I WILL be shoveling the loooooooooowly Dungeness Crab down my pie-hole.....LIKE IT WAS MY JOB !

( I like that last one - I stole it from Scott - that's a funny joke raght thar', I'ount care who 'yar - that's funny !! )

[kchaudha]

Dungess crab season opens soon?  I'll be in SF for a business trip early next week.  Nice

[gran398]

Trace, I swar, you crack me up

Ain't but one like you son

[seabob4]

Trace, I swar, you crack me up

Ain't but one like you son

And he lived in my neck of the woods for a good portion...well, not my neck now, but back in my formative years.  Port Canaveral/Titusville, I was a scant 45 minutes west in O-Town...

DAMN, those were fun times!!!

[T Race]

Funny you say that...

one time my mom said (admiringly) to my dad,

      "Hun, I think they broke the mold with that son of yours...."

My dad muttered (regretably),

       "Nope, Hun - I don't think "stupid" is moldable...."


      true story.... I immediately called Child Protective Services, MSNBC, Greta Van Sustrand, and a fancy media attorney, exactly in

that order.  And here I am today... drankin' PBR in California...go figure.