How To Eat Crab Legs

So, you're done cooking crab legs and you are ready to eat them. This is the best way to get to the crab meat. Come, we'll show you how easy it is.

Next, you may want to have some crab scissors, like I have illustrated. I like using them instead of a nut cracker or a mallet, but you can use whatever you have handy. You want to get the scissors in on the inside of the leg. Cut through the carcass, then you can pull the leg apart and get the crab meat out. You can tell the difference from the soft meat and the hard carcass of the crab.

Then, basically, you "rinse and repeat" with the rest of the crab legs. In the thigh area, where most of the meat is, the carcass isn't too tough. You can probably pick the crab meat out with your fingers. It's ok to do that, too! If it seems tough, again, you can use the crab scissors to cut the carcass from the meat.

Just to make sure you know how to eat crab, I put a video together so you can see how to do it in action. Once you distinguish the meat from the carcass, you'll see it's fairly easy and really is loads of fun!

How To Eat Crab Legs Video

Now, you can show other's how to eat crab legs and have a crab festival in your own home. Enjoy!

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