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"Kent" > wrote:

> Have any of you on the West Coast Dungeness Crab territory ever tried
> grilling live crab??

That would be horribly cruel...

I might do fresh frozen but NEVER LIVE!!!

I'd freeze it solid first.


> Now and then one hears about this. I was recently reading the California
> Seafood Cookbook which details the following. You freeze the crab enough to
> kill it, or at least anesthetize it. Then you take off the thick outer
> shell, and clean the inside,
> just as you do a steamed crab. Cut the remaining body and claw into
> "drumstick like pieces" and cook these on a grill.
> Has anyone tried this or any other technique? I have heard about cooking
> live crab in a wok. I know this is tough to address, butchering a live fish,
> or anything live. I have a enough stress steaming a live crab.
> Thanks for any thoughts and/or advice.
> Kent
>
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