"Omelet" > wrote

>
> Blue crabs are tasty, but I find them to be a pain in the ass to pick.
> Too little meat for too much work.
>
> I noticed bags of blue crab claws for sale tho' at Fiesta the other day.
> Can't recall the exact price but they were not bad.
>
> What I was delighted to find were frozen bags of "Catfish strips" for
> $1.99 per lb. They looked like whole fillets to me! I bought a bag but
> have not cooked any yet. They also had frozen Tilapia fillets for $2.99
> but I did not buy any.
>
> Dad's been on this damed rotisserie chicken kick lately, so I've not had
> to do any meat cooking. I'll be glad when it stops! That stuff is a
> bit salty for me but the breast meat does make good spring rolls.
>
> I'd rather he let me make roasted chickens. <sigh>
>
> Snow crab is not bad, but I do like King better. :-) As you say,
> differing tastes... and snow crab clusters have been cheap for awhile
> now.
> --
> Peace! Om

I prefer to clean blue crabs before boiling. It makes picking easier,
although I still end up getting stuck and bleeding. (I'm on coumadin) The
larger north Pacific crabs are a little better, having bigger meat
compartments.