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jmowreader

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46. That's a soft shell crab

Sun Mar 10, 2024, 12:43 AM

Mar 10

Crabs grow by shedding their shells and growing new ones. It takes the crab about three hours to harden the new shell. If you catch and kill the crab in that time period, you can eat the shell.

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😃🇺🇸🦀🗓️❗️Your favorite way to have crab? [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 OP

Not moving and in my belly... MiHale Mar 9 #1

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #2

Is that a soft shell crab SAMMICH? On your PLATE?!? EYESORE 9001 Mar 9 #3

Wait no longer, my friend! PJMcK Mar 9 #5

Thanks for that EYESORE 9001 Mar 9 #14

Yep! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #6

Free codfisherman Mar 9 #4

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #7

Interesting EYESORE 9001 Mar 9 #15

Crab is among my favorite seafoods! PJMcK Mar 9 #8

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #9

THANKS for that, PJ; will try to remember Lighthouse crabmeat souffle! elleng Mar 9 #33

I had a feeling you'd see that, elleng! PJMcK Mar 9 #34

Will be great to see you, PJ! elleng Mar 9 #35

Born and raised in Maryland and I know crabs! Steamed, crab cakes, fried soft shells, imperial, beveeheart Mar 9 #40

Gosh, you're right about the dates for oysters! PJMcK Mar 9 #41

Well I hope there will be crabs when I get back to Maryland. beveeheart Mar 10 #45

Thanks for the tip! PJMcK Mar 10 #50

In an Emergency Room. MOMFUDSKI Mar 9 #10

😬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #11

So is my mother. OldBaldy1701E Mar 9 #21

Crab cakes! Diamond_Dog Mar 9 #12

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #13

Not as a freshman in college I can tell you that. underpants Mar 9 #16

😬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #18

I LOVE crabcakes! redstatebluegirl Mar 9 #17

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #19

As stuffing for flounder. malthaussen Mar 9 #20

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #25

Boiled actually. OldBaldy1701E Mar 9 #22

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #26

Soft Shell Crab BOSSHOG Mar 9 #23

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #27

Cake nt XanaDUer2 Mar 9 #24

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Mar 9 #28

Snow Crab Legs happybird Mar 9 #29

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #51

Born in Miami. bullimiami Mar 9 #30

Crab legs ..... Dip them i. Garlic ... Dill butter.... Trueblue1968 Mar 10 #48

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #52

Crab cocktail! Yum! oregonjen Mar 9 #31

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #53

Do you eat the claws and everything? Irish_Dem Mar 9 #32

That's the best part jmowreader Mar 9 #42

Yes I know, but how do you do that in a sandwich? Irish_Dem Mar 9 #43

That's a soft shell crab jmowreader Mar 10 #46

Like lobsters, the crab will shed its hard shell as it grows. beveeheart Mar 10 #47

Everything! 🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #54

Fresh caught, steamed in a great big pot, with old bay seasoning and drawn butter Walleye Mar 9 #36

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #55

Removed due to egregious misspelling Bobstandard Mar 9 #37

🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #57

Fresh Dungeness crab steamed, cleaned and cracked Bobstandard Mar 9 #38

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #58

Outdoors in Maryland by the water, seated at a picnic table covered in brown fierywoman Mar 9 #39

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #59

I like my crab in an aquarium or crabitat. GuppyGal Mar 10 #44

😃 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #60

Maddy McCall, an old member here taught me about soft shell crabs. herding cats Mar 10 #49

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #61

steamed or chilled..still in the shell with drawn butter and lemon samnsara Mar 10 #56

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #62