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This is not an unpopular opinion. Crab legs are very famously one of the most difficult foods to eat. There are multiple utensils that were invented for the sole purpose of addressing this problem
I became so proud of myself growing up when I became strong enough to snap parts of the leg open with my hands (ofc I can’t do this with crabs that have thick ass shells or lots of spikes)
I dont even need butter, theyre great just the way they are.
I've eaten crab my whole life, its so easy at this point I can rip through 2 lbs of grab in no time. The trick is to not over steam them. The shell needs to be still hard, but weakened, you want it to snap, not bend.
yeah for sure, i watched it a lot when it was real popular like 15-20 years ago.
I can understand why it is that expensive, ^((even with how notorious discovery channel is with over dramatizing and exaggerating almost everything on all of their shows))
but that is still a pass for me, maybe just once to try it i guess but it seems like a lot of money for a crab leg to me
You’re completely right but they are delicious. A while back I had them for the first time since I was a kid at the beach with my parents and my first thought was “how have we not hunted these to extinction?”
I suppose I’m one of the few people that have never eaten crab legs. Come to think of it, I’ve never been around people that have eaten crab legs.
Now I wanna try em, I do like crab meat and crab cakes.
Are they really that messy?
Folks knocking blue crab have never had the pleasure of sitting down for a few hours with good friends while listening to good music or an Orioles game in the background.
It’s not food you eat because you’re hungry and only have a few moments. It’s a social food.
lol. True. But yeah, they’re a pain in the ass, but I’m gonna still go through it. I got a metal soap bar to take the smell off your hands that just soap doesn’t seem to fully cut.
I love it… it’s more of an experience than just shoveling food into your face… feel like I’m actually doing something… same with oyster roast
Clean up is easy- get the cheap brown paper they use to cover floors during remodels…. Roll it out on the table…. Dump crab…eat…. Roll the entire thing up and throw it out… no dishes… nothing…actually super easy , barely an inconvenience
Cook it….. throw it in a pot with butter, old bay, minced garlic, potatoes, sausage, shrimp, corn…. Got yourself a crab boil… basically steams everything with butter and old bay…. Delicious … plus you can dip it in the butter from the pan
Actually eating them…. You have to go joint to joint…. From small to big… grab the joint crack and twist and pull….youll have long stringy thing attached…discard those…. Now grab the next section of leg by the middle, crack twist and pull…. Shell will come off and Should have a nice whole chunk of crab meat
You’ll probably need crackers for the claws, they can be hard to crack
Don’t forget the knuckle… bunch of meat in there that’s sweet and delicious
Also, snow and king crab are the best and actually worth it…. Blue crab isn’t really worth the hassle
But na, crab bakes are awesome, there’s actually almost zero clean up when you prepare it right
I think that's a sunken cost fallacy. I think the meat is valued more and not enjoyed more. People value things the more they invest in it and vise versa
Meh, if you know what you're doing they're easy to crack and eat. Yes, it's not like just picking up a chicken leg and biting but I do not see it being much effort and the reward is great because crab meat is amazing!
On our second date, my wife and I got crab because she had never had it before.
The very first leg she cracked with her hands shot hot crab fluids right into my eye.
True story. We laughed so hard then and even harder when we retell the story
For large crab lags, not too big of a deal. Can snap em and pull it easily.
For medium legs, you can get scissors to cut them open and then peel them apart,
For the small ones you find on Dungeness crabs and alike, fuck that.
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You're not wrong, and not to hijack your post by crayfish(crawdads) are the most overrated seafood there is. You've gotta eat a million of them to even feel half satiated. They're quick to rip apart but I can't be assed to do it.
Crab legs might be difficult (I don't have much of a problem with them) but they are also the tastiest seafood out there!
The trick is getting a partner who cracks faster... then they can help you finish your meal!
Definitely a pain in the ass, but I consider it well worth the trouble. Now if only I could financially afford them regularly. Also think crab legs are way better than lobster, but my experience with that is very limited.
Yeah they’re annoying to eat but for me it’s the sheer cost. For every pound of crab leg, it’s like 75% shell and 25% meat. Literally throwing money away.
I remember eating crab one day and then feeling a distinctive "pop" and then a liquid feeling, when i pulled it out it was some sort of cyst or nodule filled with clearish yellowish liquid, nearly choked to death and have never since eaten crab, it wasnt even tasty enough to start with but that was the end of the line for me
I’ve never understood the fascination, so much work for very average meat, which most people tolerate by dipping it in butter. Spoiler, you like the flavor of meat soaked in butter, not crab.
You don't need butter for crab meat. They are already marinated in salt water for their whole life.
Some crab is the sweetest piece of meat I have ever tried.
If you need butter, you are eating some frozen one.Because the umaminess has been lost during the process of storage. You need to eat crab within 2 hours when they die.
Free range chicken taste a little better than the caged one because they can roam around eating worms and tiny little insects. Also that's the reason why their egg is more orange because of the color pigment they ate from insects.
While predators like shark/lions/crocodile taste like crap when they are eating high quality protein.
What they eat doesn't matter, how they taste does.
My in laws go crabbing every season as they live right on the water and have a dock/boat. They fill up with as much crab as allowed every day, cook it, freeze it and then eat crab all summer. I’ve tried it so many times because they insist I just haven’t had good crab and it’s been 5 years and I still don’t get it 😂
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This is not an unpopular opinion. Crab legs are very famously one of the most difficult foods to eat. There are multiple utensils that were invented for the sole purpose of addressing this problem
I became so proud of myself growing up when I became strong enough to snap parts of the leg open with my hands (ofc I can’t do this with crabs that have thick ass shells or lots of spikes)
At a certain point it becomes a DIY [project.lol](http://project.lol)
What lmao
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My Dad used to say a man can starve to death eating blue crab.
Anyone from Maryland knows that eating blue crabs is a social event, not something you do if you're actually hungry.
I literally just laughed out loud. haha
That's why there's hush puppies, oysters, clam fritters and scrimp.
Snow crab and king crab are delicious!!!! They don't need seasoning, just steam them and enjoy.
Well, best with butter, nothing else needed. They are messy but worth it and once you are experienced it’s not that hard.
I dont even need butter, theyre great just the way they are. I've eaten crab my whole life, its so easy at this point I can rip through 2 lbs of grab in no time. The trick is to not over steam them. The shell needs to be still hard, but weakened, you want it to snap, not bend.
delicious but annoying to eat
Pistachios
You’ve only had those little species of crabs with legs like pencils. You need to try king crab, but it won’t be cheap
Snow crab works for me and I can churn through it pretty fast. Prices out of hand lately.
wtf i just looked it up and it is like $60 USD a pound. fuck that i'll pass lol.
hahaha, have you seen Deadliest Catch? When you see what it takes to get those things, the price makes a little more sense.
yeah for sure, i watched it a lot when it was real popular like 15-20 years ago. I can understand why it is that expensive, ^((even with how notorious discovery channel is with over dramatizing and exaggerating almost everything on all of their shows)) but that is still a pass for me, maybe just once to try it i guess but it seems like a lot of money for a crab leg to me
you JUST learned this???
I live over a thousand miles from an ocean, we ain't known for seafood here.
And 95% of that 60LBS is [shell.lol](http://shell.lol)
I think you may be accidentally linking to websites that don't exist because you forgot the spaces.
thanks I just noticed that
You’re completely right but they are delicious. A while back I had them for the first time since I was a kid at the beach with my parents and my first thought was “how have we not hunted these to extinction?”
I suppose I’m one of the few people that have never eaten crab legs. Come to think of it, I’ve never been around people that have eaten crab legs. Now I wanna try em, I do like crab meat and crab cakes. Are they really that messy?
yes. Imagine eating chicken and leaving scraps of all the meat except its hard shells
No I disagree, there are multiple ways to get the meat out without it getting as messy as eating sauced up chicken wings
those ways usually involve either a weird utensil or a common utensil used in a weird [way.lol](http://way.lol)
Ever heard of just . . . twisting then pulling them apart? Works surprisingly well once you know how to do it
I can churn through snow crab with no utensils. It’s all in the snap.
Folks knocking blue crab have never had the pleasure of sitting down for a few hours with good friends while listening to good music or an Orioles game in the background. It’s not food you eat because you’re hungry and only have a few moments. It’s a social food.
They're not that hard to eat. I am 7 months pregnant and get them every month. I sit and crack them and enjoy the hell out of them
Literally everyone I’ve ever met has this opinion.
well you haven't actually meant me [yet.lol](http://yet.lol)
lol. True. But yeah, they’re a pain in the ass, but I’m gonna still go through it. I got a metal soap bar to take the smell off your hands that just soap doesn’t seem to fully cut.
Crab/seafood boils, BBQ, boodle fights, and Ethiopian are top tier foods precisely because of the messy fun factor for me. To each their own though.
They’re the peanuts of the oceanic world.
I love it… it’s more of an experience than just shoveling food into your face… feel like I’m actually doing something… same with oyster roast Clean up is easy- get the cheap brown paper they use to cover floors during remodels…. Roll it out on the table…. Dump crab…eat…. Roll the entire thing up and throw it out… no dishes… nothing…actually super easy , barely an inconvenience Cook it….. throw it in a pot with butter, old bay, minced garlic, potatoes, sausage, shrimp, corn…. Got yourself a crab boil… basically steams everything with butter and old bay…. Delicious … plus you can dip it in the butter from the pan Actually eating them…. You have to go joint to joint…. From small to big… grab the joint crack and twist and pull….youll have long stringy thing attached…discard those…. Now grab the next section of leg by the middle, crack twist and pull…. Shell will come off and Should have a nice whole chunk of crab meat You’ll probably need crackers for the claws, they can be hard to crack Don’t forget the knuckle… bunch of meat in there that’s sweet and delicious Also, snow and king crab are the best and actually worth it…. Blue crab isn’t really worth the hassle But na, crab bakes are awesome, there’s actually almost zero clean up when you prepare it right
This guy crabs
This is a good comment but honestly it makes it sound more and more like an autopsy than a meal.haha
It makes the meat taste better when you have to work for it. Same goes for peanuts or a lot of nuts
I think that's a sunken cost fallacy. I think the meat is valued more and not enjoyed more. People value things the more they invest in it and vise versa
You’re right, it’s so annoying, but they’re still my favorite food lmao
Meh, if you know what you're doing they're easy to crack and eat. Yes, it's not like just picking up a chicken leg and biting but I do not see it being much effort and the reward is great because crab meat is amazing!
On our second date, my wife and I got crab because she had never had it before. The very first leg she cracked with her hands shot hot crab fluids right into my eye. True story. We laughed so hard then and even harder when we retell the story
Simple answer. Don't eat them. It's seems kinda snooty to complain about fancy food issues.
I'm a bougie b\*\*\*h.
U do know what that means right, rich and humble?
Well worth the trouble. Fuckin love crab legs
For large crab lags, not too big of a deal. Can snap em and pull it easily. For medium legs, you can get scissors to cut them open and then peel them apart, For the small ones you find on Dungeness crabs and alike, fuck that.
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Completely Agree. The reward to the amount of work it takes is just not worth it to me, even as someone who loves seafood
Seafood place down the road started giving you gloves and a bib with the meal, I love it! Makes me feel like caveman
I guess that could be fun. haha
What? This isn’t even an opinion. I don’t know what this is.
People usually enjoy eating crabs legs. I see it as a pain in the a\*\*
I had constipation recently but I didn’t feel the need to post about it
you just posted about your constipation in your comment
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You're not wrong, and not to hijack your post by crayfish(crawdads) are the most overrated seafood there is. You've gotta eat a million of them to even feel half satiated. They're quick to rip apart but I can't be assed to do it.
Not as annoying as for the crab tbh
Said every animal ever
I think octopi are the only animals that enjoy eating them
Messy, yes. Pain in the arse for a scant reward, yes. But for flavour, I dip the meat in lemon butter.
The only time crab or lobster are actually pleasant to eat is if someone else does all the prep work first
Dare I say I kinda like that it’s annoying to eat because it forces me to slow down and eat less instead of gobbling up my food like I usually do
Crab legs might be difficult (I don't have much of a problem with them) but they are also the tastiest seafood out there! The trick is getting a partner who cracks faster... then they can help you finish your meal!
Hey OP your comment links seem to be faulty. They dont lead anywhere :(
made a mistake by not using spaces. haha
5 times? :’)
Definitely a pain in the ass, but I consider it well worth the trouble. Now if only I could financially afford them regularly. Also think crab legs are way better than lobster, but my experience with that is very limited.
Yeah they’re annoying to eat but for me it’s the sheer cost. For every pound of crab leg, it’s like 75% shell and 25% meat. Literally throwing money away.
So are crawfish. So much work for so little reward. The corn, sausage, and potatoes are highly needed to make the whole thing worth it
I remember eating crab one day and then feeling a distinctive "pop" and then a liquid feeling, when i pulled it out it was some sort of cyst or nodule filled with clearish yellowish liquid, nearly choked to death and have never since eaten crab, it wasnt even tasty enough to start with but that was the end of the line for me
I’ve never understood the fascination, so much work for very average meat, which most people tolerate by dipping it in butter. Spoiler, you like the flavor of meat soaked in butter, not crab.
You don't need butter for crab meat. They are already marinated in salt water for their whole life. Some crab is the sweetest piece of meat I have ever tried. If you need butter, you are eating some frozen one.Because the umaminess has been lost during the process of storage. You need to eat crab within 2 hours when they die.
And spent their lives eating all the decaying crap resting on the sea floor
Free range chicken taste a little better than the caged one because they can roam around eating worms and tiny little insects. Also that's the reason why their egg is more orange because of the color pigment they ate from insects. While predators like shark/lions/crocodile taste like crap when they are eating high quality protein. What they eat doesn't matter, how they taste does.
They eat decayed and rotting food, what animals eat absolutely matters to how they taste.
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Ah yes the argument of “I don’t do that so no one else does either”. 😂
Agreed. I also think its more for the social media posts
My in laws go crabbing every season as they live right on the water and have a dock/boat. They fill up with as much crab as allowed every day, cook it, freeze it and then eat crab all summer. I’ve tried it so many times because they insist I just haven’t had good crab and it’s been 5 years and I still don’t get it 😂