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Whole Blue Crabs Chesapeake-style Recipe

Whole Blue Crabs Chesapeake-style

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  • on July 27, 2007

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    Chesapeake or Maryland blue crabs are never boiled. They are always steamed. Emril, a self proclaimed fan of crabs, should know. The producers have made a huge mistake. We in Maryland (I have recently moved to Florida are very particular about our crabs and you will never find one boiled (unless you are a Louisiana transplant. I am a Baltimore native. My husband is a South Louisiana native. We have both worked in restaurant (specifically seafood for many years. we are both avid cooks. I am shocked to see this oversight on of all things the crab show with Emeril! tisk tisk tisk. I am watching it now and will continue to watch the show just to see how this travesty ends!

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  • on June 15, 2007

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    I am from Baltimore and there is one thing we all take very seriously. Crabs. This recipe has nothing to do with how crabs are prepared "Chesapeake-style". Where did Emeril come up with this recipe? If he wants to ruin crabs by boiling them please leave those of us from Chesapeake area out of it.

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  • on March 08, 2007

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    I called friends and family to tell them "our" Chesapeake crabs were being featured on Emeril...we were SO excited. Then....the unspeakable happened. Boiled?? Are you kidding? I don't know where you got that recipe....but it makes the ghosts of the Bay area roll over in their graves! My precious can of Old Bay ran screaming from the spice cabinet..!! And brown beer? <shudder> Anyone who would taint the decadent flavor of fresh, live steamed Bay crabs with anything but warm butter, perhaps some vinegar to dip in, with a heavy dose of Old Bay should turn in their apron...or ACTUALLY VISIT the region and try what the locals eat. Boiling crabs makes about as much sense as pickled pigs feet in Jambalaya.....

    I'm beyond insulted...

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  • on March 08, 2007

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    No true Maryland/Chesapeake native would ever boil a crab - and the best recipes use beer to steam them, with plenty of Old Bay and salt thickly on top of every crab. Boiling crabs ruins the meat. Come to Baltimore, and have the real thing at a genuine Maryland crab house.

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  • on March 08, 2007

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    The main difference between New Orleans and The Chesapeake styles is boiled versus steamed. Prepare the blue crabs much the same way you did the King Crabs. Layer the crabs in the steamer basket.Cover each layer with "Old Bay" seasoning. Add any other spices to your liking( salt, cayanne, etc.. Pour the beer and some vinegar and water into the bottom of the pot. Put the steamer basket in, cover and steam. The flavors will seep into the crab while steaming. But it is the seasoning on your fingers while picking the crabs that provides the taste. The steaming provides the firm texture to the meat. Obviously there are many variations on this theme. However the steaming is the difference. That is how Maryland Blue Crabs are prepared along the Chesapeake Bay. STEAMED - NOT BOILED!!!

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  • on March 08, 2007

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    I hate to agree but the reason I don't do crabs in Louisiana or Florida is that they are boiled. Chesapeake-style crabs are ALWAYS steamed not boiled. I am from Maryland my husband is a N'Awlins boy and he agrees. the best crabs are Maryland steamed blues! Now crawfish are a different story, they should be boiled.

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  • on March 06, 2007

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    no self respecting baltimore person would ever boil a crab. steamed is the only way to go up here. so this chesapeake style must be from virgina or washington d.c.

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  • on October 07, 2006

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    I have lived in the maryland area for 33 years. I have , during the season, Maryland crabs about once a week.
    Sorry ,Emril, but I have never seen or even heard of anyone who cooks crabs they way you presented them on your show.
    Anyone knows you steam the crabs with Old Bay. You do not put garlic in the pot.You want to taste the crabs. You do not put them in a pot of bioling water. This only makes the crabs soggy and tasteless.
    Come try real Maryland Crabs.

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