How To Properly Pick A Crab | What's Up? Annapolis Magazine

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Now watch James Houck as he shows you how to properly crack a crab! For more crabbing techniques please check out www.WhatsUpMag.com.

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@cherrykahrayne647 4 жыл бұрын

Every time he put all that good meat to the side I got so anxious. I wanted to jump through the screen of my phone!!!🤣😅🤣😅

@bigscally1305 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I couldn’t have been him I would’ve been eating the whole video 😆

@cloudceeeee2662 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂 right I just knew he was gone dip something in this imaginary sauce he was talking about ! I would have had to eat all that meat !

@kurtcarson8911 8 ай бұрын

kinda some trauma there, but he'll eat it....I hope

@belindacarson9584 5 жыл бұрын

There is no way I could have cracked all that open and not eat it. You killing me here.😂😂😂😂😂

@kurtcarson8911 8 ай бұрын

this

@christopherrobinson9690 3 жыл бұрын

I’m such a dork! I watch all these while waiting for crabs to steam. I know how to pick but this is satisfying to me for I don’t know reasons!

@lovlisparrow 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you..finally someone who knows how to pick a crab and doesn't waste..thank you

@user-wc8lf5km8k 3 жыл бұрын

I pick crabs with my hands and a butter knife.

@TheHardTruth315 10 күн бұрын

Right now, on the dark side of the Moon, there are aliens with ten legs doing this to human beings.

@blueoceanvalley45465 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your video. Very thorough. I’ve never had crab before and I’m eating it tomorrow. I didn’t want to look like too much of a noob 😂

@haroldseaman4243 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info we have been vacationing in Annapolis for the last 6 years. My uncle is in the Navy and works at the academy some great restaurants in that neighborhood to get crab!!! Im from Michigan always thought Red lobster was the place to eat seafood until i visited Maryland. Im pretty sure ive been missing a lot of meat old bay has replaced my salt shaker. We leave in a week love driving through Pennsylvania 😊!

@joeymacbookpro6039 Жыл бұрын

Gotta say, most everything you said was spot on, until the most important part: after the step to remove the organs, you should use a serrated knife to CUT the crab along side of its width. When you do that, you expose all the cavities at once. Much faster!!

@lavarball4586 7 жыл бұрын

Probably one of the best tutorials relating to this subject. Good job

@vincekline7299 5 жыл бұрын

If you were to bring a mallet to my house to eat crabs I would ask you to leave and never come back.

@sharapooh23 5 жыл бұрын

Don’t want your teeth lol

@Nekulturny 4 жыл бұрын

@Brody Brady Yeah... calling bullshit on that one. My grandparents were the proprietors of Captain Earls Crabhouse on West Street in Annapolis, (my grandfather WAS Captain Earl, an Eastern Shore crabber), they used mallets, my mother who when she was of age, got a business degree and helped them manage it used mallets, I was raised to use mallets. My aunts and uncles used mallets, all of us are "true Marylanders".

@AznUzer 4 жыл бұрын

Literal gatekeeping

@allkindsofoutdooractivities 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@dwbi1919 3 жыл бұрын

yum! I love crab and dip it in Old Bay until my lips swell up. Delicious!

@abrown372 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome Tutorial 👍🏾👍🏾

@garys5175 9 ай бұрын

That was a good job, but what about the meat in the "elbow knuckle" and the backfin knuckles?

@heathersanders2871 7 жыл бұрын

You should add a small rolling pin to your tool box-- u can use it to roll out the meat from the smaller legs so much easier than trying to pull at the joint-- then u waste no meat!

@psychobaby9473 7 жыл бұрын

can it be eaten raw or do i have to cook it?

@FuryzPKz 14 жыл бұрын

"So We Now Have A Little Hole In The Crab Backside"

@elamothe81 4 жыл бұрын

How are you not eating as you go?

@vetonapolitano4523 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching big stainless baskets running on 0verhead rails dumping loads of steamed crabs onto long tables and all the women picking the crabs into small metal cans. That was in the early 60s on the eastern shore.

@tyrelllovitt4234 5 жыл бұрын

The Mustard Is The Good Part, You Ain't A True Md Crab Eater

@ziadhossam3010 5 ай бұрын

Thnx

@urokhoi01 Жыл бұрын

What's the use of the butter knife?

@804kingoffoamsjs5 10 ай бұрын

I scrolled thru the comments just for this one lol😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@fattymicfatfatfat 14 жыл бұрын

ok off of docks toward where the land is, theres sometimes crabs there, depending on where you are ofcourse, but we go out there all the time and catch about 8in stone crabs, and eat them there exelent to eat, you just throw them in boiling water for about 10-15 mins, crack off the claws, break them and eat the meat inside its REALLY GOOD!!!!

@user-gg6xt7mb1y 9 ай бұрын

Ihave been a crabber my whole life, thanks for teaching people to eat crabs right, 2:14

@nor4277 4 жыл бұрын

All that work for 1/2 once of crap meat .and that little bit of meat cost how much .

@laquishalida3569 3 ай бұрын

ooh! yum! yum! wish I was there to eat it!

@Jafmanz 11 жыл бұрын

why would you take some of the most wholesome and finest natural foods known to man and dip it in a tub of seasoning made in a factory? eat it as it is!

@mariawinzler 7 жыл бұрын

Because that is how Marylanders do it.

@dylanlandry4996 6 жыл бұрын

Thats why i dip mine in butter

@waynespyker5731 2 жыл бұрын

@@dylanlandry4996 Butter is for lobsters and pancakes, apple cider vinegar is natural. Then touch the the meat to remaining seasoning on the top shell for maximum flavors. Never break the legs off, lollypop all 10 legs. Break the picker's fingers if they yank the legs out of the body.

@breyonnamassey6467 6 жыл бұрын

He doing the most..black people don’t needs tools we get right to that shit

@outdoorfreedom9778 6 жыл бұрын

A Mallet? What a hack.

@josephhangarter3496 Жыл бұрын

You do not hit the claws with the mallet. If you absolutely need the mallet, and rarely will, you hit the back of the crab knife with it.

@eugenedailey6711 3 жыл бұрын

Do you have nail polish?

@steelhead1994 Жыл бұрын

So close to skipping when I heard ‘Remove all FOUR claws’ lol

@tanleminh8367 4 жыл бұрын

3:22 we call that '' a** hole of crab'' :)))

@vengfullzealot 3 жыл бұрын

Its however you like to do it simple!!!

@jaysmith61 3 жыл бұрын

💯

@led926 8 жыл бұрын

Great video

@ldballoon4 8 ай бұрын

you need to make another video in 4k

@waynespyker5731 Жыл бұрын

Another picking style: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aNljhpplmtOVcXU.html Save the most encrusted seasoning top shell, retain the mustard if desired (Yum). Occasionally dip a morsel into apple cider vinegar then touch the encrusted seasoning for a blend of sweet flavors.😢

@charlesrose671 5 жыл бұрын

Never wash a crab. You want your hands covered with the cooking spices. And using a dipping sauce is criminal. Just have a good beer nearby.....

@valeriewatsonz197 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@JJ-rf7dg 9 ай бұрын

When is the best time to buy crabs?

@garys5175 9 ай бұрын

Don't buy crabs or crab meat. Go catch your own. Put the commercial crabbers out of business. They are ruining the bay systems.

@AlexAnom420 Жыл бұрын

as a southern Marylander where the hell is your apple cider vinegar God damn it.... 😆

@chriswharton9092 3 жыл бұрын

Best crab picking video I’ve tracked down.

@williambonney6457 6 жыл бұрын

taking the slow boat to China cleaning that crab dude. nice tutorial but everyone knows eat'n crabs is a marathon sport

@daviddupre376 Жыл бұрын

He’s saving the meat for his husband to make him crab cakes

@natalyazakharova3464 8 ай бұрын

I wish I saw this video tears ago😅 love crab, but didn’t know how to open it properly

@lilbabe167 13 жыл бұрын

so much handiwork, i think its just like one hand and mouth for me. the guts are mad tasty. how do you guys wait for all the meat to be out before eating it? If i was in the video, I would have already eat most of the meat.

@MrAdrianaangel 6 жыл бұрын

He threw away the Mustard.

@keithenr 5 жыл бұрын

Lmbo right that one guy that eats crabs like a mf pro eats the mustard

@kimmy0868 4 жыл бұрын

Fairy Lady Here in Jersey we don’t eat the guts, crabs are cleaned prior to cooking in beer, olive oil, old bay and tons of garlic.

@marcr4566 4 жыл бұрын

Contrary to popular belief, the "mustard" (or the "green gland" or "tomalley") is not fat, it's actually the crab's hepatopancreas, a main component of the crab's digestive system. The hepatopancreas is a gland made up of very small branched tubes (ramified tubules) located on both sides of the mid-gut in the main body cavity directly under the top shell and functions as both liver and pancreas. It is involved in producing digestive enzymes and is responsible for filtering impurities from the crab's blood. The "mustard" has a strong taste and is eaten by many people who consider it a delicacy. Research shows that chemical contaminants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), dioxin, mercury, and poison-inhalation hazards (PIHs) accumulate in the crab's fatty tissues and concentrate in the hepatopancreas. The contaminants, which are colorless, odorless and tasteless, and can increase one's chance of developing cancer, neurological impairments and miscarriage. Women of child-bearing age and children under the age of 5 are at particular risk. Crabs caught in advisory areas may contain high levels of these contaminants. If you catch crabs in these areas, it is highly recommended that you eat no more than six blue crabs per week and do not consume the "mustard" or cooking liquid.

@user-zr1bv5rt1t 4 жыл бұрын

@@keithenr who really gives a fuck.

@kevinhoffman8112 3 жыл бұрын

I don't like the mustard or the squiggly internal organs. I tried them once and it was totally disagreeable to me.

@UnbalancedGamers 13 жыл бұрын

MD BLUE CRABS

@vincentstouter449 Жыл бұрын

🤔 “Each of the four claws? …… 😵‍💫

@glennh.2573 Жыл бұрын

That's what I was screaming

@landon4988 11 ай бұрын

First this you should do is get the guts and gills out before you boil them. But that’s personal preference I don’t like cooking the guts and everything with the meat.

@gregorywallace560 9 ай бұрын

If you have high blood pressure, AVOID crab legs 😎🤪

@umb23 12 жыл бұрын

3:22 thats almost dirty, fella

@garys5175 9 ай бұрын

stuck his thumb right in its asshole.

@itsfrito1 9 жыл бұрын

Wow did you really use a mallet wth that's way off and a butter knife ? Really ? Tell this guys from cross the bridge .. yeah its a eastern shore thing

@Pamela-zv1ln 9 ай бұрын

I have shot them pieces away. This was very informative

@reddbarnesful 8 жыл бұрын

True crab pickers don't use tools...

@MrAdrianaangel 7 жыл бұрын

Kenneth Barnes ...I use only my bare hands to rip off the shell, break the claws in half...and I 'm a girl.

@cr3atur356 6 жыл бұрын

I'm sure your from Pennsylvania or west va.....

@cr3atur356 6 жыл бұрын

as a commercial you are full of shit. you probably waste as much meat as you get out.... you should just buy a bag of claws and be done with it!

@darrelhouse5438 5 жыл бұрын

@@cr3atur356 n

@valeriewatsonz197 5 жыл бұрын

I do use a heavy butter knife for the legs only .

@robertposenal6981 11 ай бұрын

Not sure this was properly.

@foreversus6467 Жыл бұрын

NO NOT THE MR. KRABS! 😫

@daviddupre376 Жыл бұрын

How come you don’t clean yours first?does it taste better this way?

@clarissa585 Жыл бұрын

what do you mean? they are cooked obviously before he started picking and eating. so when (and why) would he need to clean them? not being funny, I'm genuinely curious what other people do... there are so many personal ways that people have; tips, tricks, tales and theories. I want to hear them all 😅

@traceyheltzinger3267 3 жыл бұрын

Never use anmallet

@heresy_fnord Жыл бұрын

All of that cracking/picking w no eating.

@cstuckey6592 Жыл бұрын

You fucked up 💯

@daviddupre376 Жыл бұрын

I’m cleaning mine first I guess

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

vanesa

@charleslove9793 9 ай бұрын

only a baltimore person uses a mallet

@sharonpuckett1279 2 жыл бұрын

Oh no no no no. You did not use a hack hammer. And never pull the legs off. They can be used to get meat out. The rest ok. Nice job. However where is the cider vinegar? The only tool you need is a butter knife.

@Lalfy 15 жыл бұрын

thats a small crab.

@electricityisgreat2767 4 жыл бұрын

People are saying mustard is good but not everyone has to eat it and I think it’s disgusting cause it’s the crab guts for god sake and u wouldn’t eat some pig or sheep guts would u?

@user-ku8kd5mq9c 4 жыл бұрын

Electricity Isgreat how you go from a small crab to a full size animal?

@waynespyker5731 2 жыл бұрын

Sausage is cased in hog intestines.

@mrobertson188 Жыл бұрын

You forgot every now and then sucking the juice out of each piece

@doogyjay1 7 жыл бұрын

cant believe people cook the crab without cleaning it first.

@jermen5137 5 жыл бұрын

doogyjay1 cleaninging it how??? The inside juices are what people want. The flavor

@alfrednewman3416 5 жыл бұрын

Can't believe anyone would kill a crab before cooking

@ronin_3254 3 жыл бұрын

Living in the gulf and being in the industry for 30 years i can say this guy cant pick crab

@reddbarnesful 8 жыл бұрын

thus the reason your eating them outside. crab splatter everywhere. come to Virginia, I will so you how to with no tools.

@joesmith1665 7 жыл бұрын

+Kenneth Barnes I was just about to say that... Either Maryland or Virginia . The only people I have seen pick crabs correctly are from either one of those two places.... Tools are optional but truly not needed if you know what your doing.

@cr3atur356 6 жыл бұрын

back in 1930 my dad picked a crab in a 30 knt SWer with a 4ft swell with a coors lite in one hand!! salt life as hell if you ask me.....

@ctbt1832 5 жыл бұрын

It took you over 6 minutes to do 1 crab

@MrCoalcracker79 5 жыл бұрын

It's a marathon not a sprint. Savor the flavor.

@buddyboyfella516 5 жыл бұрын

It’s a tutorial video for a reason. Why on earth would someone try to explain something to someone going a million miles a minute. He’s showing how to do it so that way when you get good at it you can slow down or speed up to your own discretion

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

minta kakat

@andyervin2910 3 жыл бұрын

you don't remove the claws first

@susannefoort6606 7 жыл бұрын

man, ... you are cute !!! 😉 ... but why are your fingers shaking ? although that's cute too !!!!

@DDavis-mi2cg 6 жыл бұрын

Normal human beings eat as they demonstrate. Very dissatisfying video.

@valeriewatsonz197 5 жыл бұрын

He don't know , he might be from North Dakota . My family is from Virginia and I'm from Maryland we definitely know a little something about eating crabs 😊😊😊😊

@valeriewatsonz197 5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ro31369 Жыл бұрын

Gotta remove all the knuckles from the claws before you go inside.

@holliegreen811 4 жыл бұрын

First off, you threw away the mustard! Second you’re usually a mallet ain’t no body got time fo dat. I cringed a little bit everyone does crabs different

@teddyseward2129 3 жыл бұрын

this video is 6 mins long for one crab just turn away now

@lozerboozer 4 жыл бұрын

Dipping?! Hell no!

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

baskot

@raymondlittle1286 2 жыл бұрын

@adrianoamendovajr129 6 жыл бұрын

nice start dude, but once you showed your tools, made everyone laugh.

@tnewcomb12 13 жыл бұрын

My Grandmother was a crab picker on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. She would of given you hell for using a hammer. Alot of wasted time doing it this way. I would of gone thru 3 or 4 crabs by the time you had one done.

@GenericUserUnknown 4 жыл бұрын

Seeing all these critical armchair quarterbacks makes me laugh. If y'all know so much better, why are you watching HIS video & not making a better one? Yeah, I thought so.

@sal-fw6xj 8 жыл бұрын

thought this video was going to tell me how to pick a good crab... not how to open a crab...

@TheRealPapaChico Жыл бұрын

Please don't use a mallet guys.

@traceyheltzinger3267 3 жыл бұрын

This is NOT the way I do it. This is Wrong

@CocoaVanderbeak 5 жыл бұрын

I'm I the only one that's like, "eat dat shit already nigga!"

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

pinggin masuk islam

@IamTaeBoo 5 жыл бұрын

Me my bf crackin up to dis shit lol . Me: Why he not eating it , lmao He said cause it aint got no seasoning I said but its rite there. This fool gone say thats just for show an tell ..

@crazybillie2498 3 жыл бұрын

Lmfaoo Lmfaoo

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

masuk islam ya

@talkindurinthemovie 5 жыл бұрын

Yall marylanders don't own blue crabs lol every video i seen yall on here causin a ruckus

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

mintak maaf nabi muhammad

@johnnywoo8029 5 жыл бұрын

Im out after the first minute, cause its picked on a piece of newspaper.

@vee_384 Жыл бұрын

yesus

@bizzieone Жыл бұрын

How can this guy do a how to video when he doesn't even know how to cook them. Not a speck of seasoning on them buggers

@wesleymoore9674 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from the east coast and was brought up watching people eat crabs. And I still think it’s a little silly. Too much work for such a little meat. I guess it’s OK if you just like the process of the whole thing.

@blessedwatkins2587 7 ай бұрын

I eat the guts and all, especially female crabs with the eggs. Its called mustard of the crab. I bite all the meat out the little legs. He dont know how to eat them