Cooking Muddies

[devocean]

After cooking a big feed of muddies the other day I got to wondering why some throw their claws and legs whilst other didnt. I kill my crabs before dunking them and I leave them tied up. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

Devocean

[bobby777888]

i always cook them while there still alive.............. when a crab throws its claw i was told you had to chuck it back.. is this true, or is it just another one of my grandads wild stories?

P.S. ill never forget the day a crab dropped its claw while it was still clamped onto his finger, took him ages to get it off. extremely painful 4 him, hilarious for me

[zedjack33]

Freezer job. Thats the go. Slow em down to nuthin. Should only take 10 min. Dont throw leg for me.

Come to think of it! Nothin throws the leg for me

[Chrisso]

I once saw a professional crabber put his crabs to sleep (death) on ice for 2 hours and then put them in the boiling water. It prevents them throwing their legs/claws etc.

Regards

Chris

[Gutsy]

yeah, freezer them for say 1/2hr puts them to sleep. I also heard that if you take off the carapace and remove the gills before cooking you are less likely to get the sh^ts the next day.

[MulletMan]

Shell and clean them first! There is no comparison!

[Anne-T-Dote]

I also put 'em in the chest freezer for 1/2 hour before cooking and that definitely works. A hint though; when doin this they'll normally spew up a brown liquid which then freezes to the floor of the freezer, so stick 'em in a bucket, then chuck the whole bucket in the freezer....

[clearwater]

yeah i gotta say cleaning them b4 cooking them is good they do taste better as you dont add any fresh water to them ...i always put them in the freezer for like 30-60mins..and they never throw there legs or claws

andy

[Sideshow_Cod]

or you can clean them and cut them up into pieces , breaking the legs and claws off anyway and cook them in a pan with some magic ingredients or great on barby . I rarely boil them anymore. mmmmm BBQ crab arrgrgr

.ah good on ya......now i,m going to have to set a pot..

[Volvo]

In ye ole freezer ta put em ta sleep.
Break open in halves n wash clean.
Then put em in the boilin water, cook quicker, taste nicer..After boiled for whatever time you think best, drop em in iced water cool em down n down the hatch..

[zedjack33]

Ok guys. we all know about em throwin legs when put in the hot stuff. But here one for ya. It's only happend once, but I had one crab that when put directly on ice in the esky it also threw the lot.


What do you all rec'n.

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[dylan23]

Mine always go straight out of the crab pot into an esky full of ice in the boat .... basically they stay in that ice until they hit the pot about 5 hours later ...have never had one throw anything while cooking.

[Hutcho]

Do any of you crab cookers ever cook your crabs in fresh salt water as oppossed to tap water from the sink?? If you can bring home a fresh bucket of salt water, it gives the crabs meat a much better flavour I reckon than cooking them in fresh water. It's gotta be good clean salt water tho.

Cheers,
hutcho

[devocean]

I only cook crabs using proper saltwater (ocean) water. Making your own salt is crap and never tastes as good as the proper thing.I also never use freswater at all on the crab once its been cooked. If anyone wants a good recipe for a crab pie let me know

[bungie]

If anyone wants a good recipe for a crab pie let me know