Got Crabs!!

[phatdaddy]

In the redfish post, I said we had picked up some crabs, but not enough to make a meal.
Well, yesterday we went out for a couple of hours and while I fished, wife picked up 10 more so had enough to pick out.





these are the bodies after cleaning top shell,guts and trimming mouth and legs



this is the body after steaming



this is the body cut in half horizontally, exposing the inner chambers of legs



my favorite, claws prepped and ready for frying



the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, about a pound of fresh crabmeat

lotta work, but so much better than the pasteurized canned stuff