I was a bit nervous about this as I've never killed a live animal by boiling before. They definitely resisted going in. Lori was more squeamish than me and she didn't even have to clean the bastards. I decided to go the boil first, clean second route. I couldn't bring myself to tear apart a live crab with my bare hands. But next time for sure. I was concentrating too much during the cleaning to really think about being squeamish. It wasn't bad at all!
Yum, ocean bugs.
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NICE
I watched an Alton Brown Good Eats on this last week.
The gutting thing was pretty gross. But I love me some crab meat.
Makes me wish I had cash to get some. As it stands, I'll keep eating on tuna from the can.
not to sound like a wuss or anything, the most humane way of killing a lobster or crab is to put them in the pot full of room temp/lukewarm water, then place the pot on the burner to bring to a boil. the gradual increase of water temperature puts it's nervous system into a state of anesthesia, so it will barely feel pain. placing it in a pot which is already boiling is actually quite painful. just in case you wanted to know. :)
Well now I feel guilty.
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