Mail order crab legs? Good source?
 

Is there a good site for this? I'm hoping to find a site with quality product at prices that make it possible for me to have it once a week. What kind of bucks/quality is out there? Also, feel free to toss in some prep tips.:D

My local Albertson's has King Crab legs on a regular basis for anywhere from $6.99 to $9.99 a pound.

Just had some tonight... tasty!

Now we're talking! What's an Albertsons? Can I expect simnilar prics at a CostCo?

haven't enhoyed these in quite some time. i'll be interested to learn of a good mail-order supplier as well. thanks, joe...you just made my microwaveable dinner taste like a cat's *******.. ;)
ryan

Did you do em up yourself Joe? What is the method of your madness, so to speak?

Albertsons is a normal grocery store, like Fry's and so on.

I steam them. Some guys put them on the BBQ but I find that steaming makes the shells softer, and easier to cut them open to get to the meat. Put a bit of garlic or whatever in the water if you wish and enjoy...

Costco can be a bit more expensive, possibly a buck or two a pound.

Ryan, heading back out flying in 5 days and trying to empty the freezer. Will not get this kind of food where I am heading and wanted to enjoy life a bit...

I like to bbq crab legs.

mmmm

Look in your phone book for an Asian market, often have very fresh or live seafood including crab. For example, I found this on Google, not sure where it is

Hong Kong Market 4242 S. Division, Kentwood, MI. (616)406-1918. Asian grocery store. Large freezer section as well as a large fish/meat counter. Part of an Asian strip mall.

We have crab pretty often, every couple of weeks. This last Sunday, in fact. Usually get dungeness but blue is even better. My dad steams them. I drop them in boiling water, seems less cruel. I guess I could drop them in, kill them quick, then steam. First we put them in the bathtub and let the kids ooh and aah and scream when I threaten to make them bathe with the beasts. A nice sauce is finely chopped green onions and ginger, in rice vinegar. I just eat them naked, so to speak.

A Chef friend of mine made these for New Years and I'll never go back. Spiny Lobster (Calif) or any other fresh, split the tail, 2 minutes per pound in a turkey fryer.... watch out!

boy, do i ever understand..time at home was like gold for me during my 135 years. i was always out for 1-2 weeks straight. munch down then, buddy.. SmileWavy
ryan

My wife taught me a neat trick a long time ago. When they're still good and hot, pop the joints backwards and pull the tendon out. Hold the piece you want to remove the meat from, thumbs pointing towards each other, and press your thumbs outward slightly to snap the shell. Onc more snap the other way, a wiggle, and most of the meat will come out in a single piece.

Thanks guys,

So assuming I have the legs I want, the easiest way to prepare them is to just drop em in boiling water? How long?

Keep in mind that I only lived as a bachelor for a couple months, so my cooking skills ..........well they're "definitely sucking":)

lendaddy..like joe mentioned..steaming is best.
ryan

You should come down to Louisiana, Shrimp and crabs amazingly freash, and amazingly cheap!

what? good eats in louisiana..?? ;) lived in me'try for a year back in 2000. not much of a city 'to look at'..but no better region i've ever live in for food. definitely the main attraction! :)
ryan

Sams carries Snow crab legs in the freezer section - I believe you get about 2.5 lbs for around $15. They are already fully cooked so I drop them in boiling water for around 3-4 minutes. You just have to heat them up. Steaming works as well but I like the water to give them an additional rinsing. Steaming takes a few minutes longer. Do not overcook.

On the weekends, Sams also carries King crab legs at a little vendor table. Can't remember the price but its easy to spend $30 on a few large legs.

We had a few legs last night!!

*****, here in Seattle they give the leftovers away to the homeless on the street corner. They prefer them steamed w/ a little drawn butter and garlic. :)

Thanks, good info. The wife is picking some up tonight.:)

On the food network a host said, one of the best ways to cook frozen crab legs was to Microwave them.

The Host simply wrapped the crab legs with wet paper towels and nuked them for a bit.

I've never tried this just saw it on TV, and thought I would pass it a long. Thanks now I am starving.

Rich

wet paper towel trick works.. +1
ryan

Boiling water, 5-10 minutes, exact time not critical.

If you can get the bodies, do - lots of meat, though messier to clean out (after boiling, pull bottom shell from top shell, discard top shell, take bottom shell and cut off the face/mouth, rinse out all the yellowish guck, pull off and discard the lungs (spongy bits), what's left is all white delicious crab meat, cut/break bottom shell in half lengthwise for easier access).

Excellent!

that yellow stuff is actually fat..same as in the heads of crawfish. some of us..umm..actually like it! lots of flavor in it..ask any coonass. SmileWavy
ryan

Boiling SALT water if you're a gourmet. Back in my SCUBA days, the 1960's, no limit on crabs in Oregon, but had to be male over a certain size..so, we'd cruise along the bottom in Newport bay, equipped with a measuring spanner & a feed sack. Flip the crab over, if male, measure him. Big enough, in the sack he'd go. A tank of air usually resulted in a sack full of crabs. The kicker here? I'm allergic to sea food, but my parents and their friends sure enjoyed my diving trips. Rockfish were also plentiful for spearfishing. No limit, no license back then. 4th finger of the Newport South Jetty would yield a cooler chest stuffed with filets
of Ling Cod. The days before the Northwest became Californicated were golden...

scuba-trolling for crab...reminds me of same, but for lobster in miami back in the early 90's. good times..and i got to eat what i harvested, paul! ;)
ryan

Ryan, something for you guys to smile over...a food allegy to anything that lives in water isn't fun. :(

true enough, paul..and in many cases it can be deadly. i love sushi, but not about to take a chance on blowfish.. :eek:
ryan

What's the old joke? The bravest man ever was the first man to eat an oyster? My allergy was discovered early...trout. I was a sick puppy for quite a while. Cindy loves Salmon, but I have to leave the house when she cooks it...even the smell of cooking fish
bothers me....psycologically, I'm sure. Yeah...stay away from the blowfish! I like reading your posts.

thanks, paul..not something i read very often 'round here! SmileWavy
ryan

I just ate some crawfish..trust me that yellow stuff tastes GREAT!

i'm right there with ya, br! SmileWavy
ryan