THE BEST SIDE OF LIVE CRABS

A further fave of prepping blue crabs is always to dunk them inside a bucket of ice water for around five - 10 minutes. It puts them to sleep and anesthetizes them. We use rubber gloves to rip from the backs and it kills them quickly.I am able to pick up a a single pound can of freshly packed crab from my grocer’s fish monger. I will use fifty pe