Boiled Rock Crabs « « Gregory Schaefer - Organic A to Z Gregory ...
Like I mentioned in the blog post, I had no desire to spice the water or flavor the crabs beyond a hot bath of sea salt and boiling water. I was surprised because the crew at Sea Fever Seafood said there wasn't any difference, yet these clearly were two different crabs. There’s nothing to this, cooking live crabs is really simple. I did it to taste and when I thought the water tasted like the sea I knew I had it just right. Some fishmongers swear that female crabs have a sweeter flesh. Which crab tasted better. I’ve definitely found that to be the case when it comes to Blue Crabs from the Atlantic. But with the Rock Crabs of Santa Barbara the opposite was true. The yellow male or the red female.
And these aren't merely the candy bar and soda variety, either -- Japan has vending machines that sell live crabs, grow lettuce, are covered in moss, and dispense smart cars. And by this time next year, it will have 10000 vending machines that charge
