Brilliant. Just picked two spider crabs. Made the whole process easy. I liked the systematic approach.

This is one of the better videos I have seen showing how to pick crab. Well Done!

Don't know if anyone has already mentioned it, but the shells should not necessarily be thrown away; it can be boiled and used for fish stock. Here in the States we use it for gumbos, chowders and the like. Obviously, the boil will need to be strained, but it's quite wonderful for other dishes.

I only started cooking professionaly 45 years ago but I'm still learning and that was a 1st class lesson. Thanks , great video.

Thanks for that. Good info and expertly done. Off shopping now and I think I will buy a Mackerel.

Fantastic video. I caught a large spider crab the other night and this helped me get absolutely loads of meat out of it. Thanks

Very informative troy a brilliant watch spider so nice sweeter then brown 🦀

Hi trojs I have just splashed out on a new telly 58 inch ,I can now watch your vids in comfort without squinting keep them coming just watched vid on picking spiders , haven't yet tryed one because I live in London and I have never seen any the shops sad never mind ttfn 😂

Great video. Jim Tasmania

Great video, only thing missing was the boil water needs “old bay seasoning” available here in US.

Have a guess what.....................................................................I'M STARVING NOW LOL, great video

Brilliant fella, expert tuition on removing crab meat 👍🏻🇬🇧

very useful video, many thanks

very informative, i was led to believe it is only the legs & claws that are edible..... i am enlightened!

Have you ever saw them being cleaned out by air pressure? Do it in an old fishtank on its side and use a compressor and air jet and blow the meat out and scrape the meat out with a kitchen spatula, the set up looks like a sand blasting chamber, your looking at your hands from the top of the tank, it was used as a quick way to dress crab for commercial sale up here in north east scotland, the legs and body was put back in the shell along with the brown meat and claws were sold separately

Excellent and instructive video.... just wish I could catch a monster like that, they seem much smaller round Plymouth....

Great video, you should do a catch and cook episode, maybe mackeral or pollack anything really!

1st class video! Love your view on the brown meat 👍

Nice video Troj shame it's had so many views but very little comments

I put a capful of white vinegar in too. It enhances the flavor of the crab and makes it easier to crack the shell.

We have monster crab here in Redondo beach California

Wonderful I love crab. Here in Maine the crab is small, but good. Mostly lobster. Great video sir.

Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed that one

Excellent video sir, I learned a lot from that. I dive and have never taken large spider crabs (male), as I was not too sure how to process them. I do now... Thanks.

I heard a Jersey story once about how someone cooked a spider crab and then having done so chucked the whole crab away and strained off the remaining water for soup.

Never seen one done before Troj, I've done LOADS of brown crabs , the shell from crab and lobster make REALLY good fish stock for fish soup or for sauces

Mmm love that crab ❤

Here in United States or at least where I am we call that the guts in internals you make it into a nice little dipping sauce crab butter

Never had that crab but really enjoyed watching the video

We do vinegar and old bay for the crabs I grew up eating. I’m so jealous I want to eat one of these big boys one day.

Great video. I have seen spider crabs while diving and catching lobster in Florida, but never tried spider crab. Looks great to eat.

wow thank you

In Maryland we use a spice called Old Bay and we steam our crabs we steam them and we use a lot of Old Bay while we're steaming them in the pot very very delicious. Old Bay. It's a seasoning. Very nice video you have there. I'm going to try to use the tip you gave about picking the meat without cracking the shell. Thank you. Have a great day and remember Jesus loves you. 🙂

Sometimes you could use the shell to make a bisque. I have not tried it yet but it’s on my cooking list at some stage as it can be time consuming. Perfect during covid lockdown though.

I love crab

Great Video love the way you put the crabs excetra in the freezer first i think this is the way i would do that also.

The brown gungy stuff it's the best bit don't throw it out

Why am I watching this at 9:33 pm at night? Its making me what sea food

Brilliant! I've just, last night, caught my first 2 Spiders and have one in the pot right now. Have picked Brown before but never Spider........ Not gonna tell my wife and daughter I've watched this vid, I'll just collect the brownie-points of an expert Spider picker! Thanks for the great vid.

use a pair of scissors to open spider crab leg's and claws Troj, much easier.

As a child on holiday it was always Dads thing to dress a brown crab !! and he taught me of course !1 the crabs of the Yorkshire coast are real solid and meaty !! even the brown meat has a good texture !! we always call it the "cream" yummy !

This was very helpful, I caught a good sized one last night & was able to prepare it with confidence.

Dry and grind the shell. Feed it to your chickens. If you don't have any chickens, get some. Great video. Take your riggers off in the kitchen LOL.

I was a chef for a while and a very nice Italian restaurant and the way we did the legs of crab we used scissors you cut down one side cut down the other open it up and you have all the meat the easiest way you can possibly ever get the meat out of crab legs scissors

Nice job! Yes us yanks love it in butter.. 😝😝😝

1st class. People pay a small fortune for that. Yet another fantastic video.

Seems to me that you’ve just thrown some of the best of the crab away, delicious flavour, pardon me, but I think I’ve seen enough

You can get a crab pick off ebay for £2.15. Maybe an idea?

I like it for the way u recycle the crabs waste.

Looks spot on, don't get them up here near Newcastle, but done the same with many brown eaters.

I thought spider crabs were inedible to humans

just like to add its fiddely but worth it !!!!

I was really surprised to see how much of that large crab was shell, it made me wonder how many crabs do they take to fill a 125 gram of crab meat; your bowl looked big so would you know how many gram of meat was in that. i know i am full of questions but that's just the way i am i could almost taste it here in the UK.

When I go back to Norfolk to see my parents we have crab with salt & vinegar, & a loaf of bread. Always worth the hard work. I always have brown crab, but have never tried a spider crab.

FYI I’m from Guernsey 🇬🇬 and have liked and subscribed.

Hey Trojs, do you take a phone or a radio out with you just In case you run into some trouble

All you need is a salad to go with that, it looks awesome mate.

The proper way to cook any shellfish is to cook it in whatever water it lives in it is the perfect salt balance whether it be brackish freshwater or saltwater and yes there is a different content of salt in different areas cook them in the water they came from

Don't like any kind of crab meat.but if I every catch one I will know how to get the meal lol.

Nice video the crab looks delicious

The crab butter is the best part and you threw it out 😭

i can never dress a spider with eating a load, after watching the video i am now very hungry :) brill video sir

Bruh. Those are nerves if a lobster is still moving after cutting it in half. All shellfish do that. Disturbing lol.

How many grams of meat would you estimate that to have been please 😇

I'll take that challenge

Who else wanted to see him pull all that meat off the claw? 👿😋

You lost me when you didn’t give your viewers the option to see the brown meat because you didn’t like it. Not particularly informative for those that haven’t cooked/picked crab before!

Ace😢

I just hate it when crabs and lobsters scream!

I did not know you not supposed to eat the the lungs

Wrong black pepper and vinegar not salt lol😁

Salut l'ami bravo à toi belle peche bonne soirée

I’m usually too hungry for all that and I can’t stand cold food! I would break that sucker open n eat it while it’s hot. Seems like such a waste of time, I’ve never had a prob just breaking and eating crab by hand.

Maybe you should do less talking and more action it will be the best

To much talking...