On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:25:35 -0800, "Kent" > wrote:

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

Your musings aren't very logical. We clean our crabs AFTER they are
cooked, not before and if you think you've been stressed by
steaming/boiling live crab... just wait until you try to throw a live
on on a hot grill. It won't be very happy and neither will you.