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Originally Posted by Craig T
Married to a woman from Johns Island, South Carolina, I get my share of crab feasts. We use blue crabs, not Dungeness, but ALWAYS prefer steaming.
The only reason to boil is if you want to add a lot of spice or seasoning. Adding spice to the water seams to embed the flavor of the spices better.
We have a crab steamer, but I suppose you could set some ceramic bowls in the bottom of a pot with a good lid and a inch or two of water. The bowls will keep the crabs dry.
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I steam, like Craig, blue crab. I catch my on. You can also control how well the crab is "cooked" better with steam.
Some folks do both - semi boil with spices to flavor the crab, steam to finish preparing and serve.
It all depends. For dungeness, I would steam because I prefer the way the heat gets into the meat.