Ailments Crab is a type of seafood which is most commonly used in variety of dishes. Preparing a crab dish is not an easy job. But with the help of simple crab recipes one can make them with no trouble. In most of the places, crabs are the most popular seafood and are cooked in plenty. Eating a crab dish is also good for health as it contains nutrients and vitamins in large number. Also the fatty acid known as omega 3 is found in this seafood. The omega 3 is proved to be the best for one’s heart.

1. Crab Recipes
Crabs are among the most
popular wild and cultured
seafoods globally and comprise
about 20% of marine crustaceans
consumed. They fall under the
same scientific classification as
shrimps and lobsters with several
legs covered in an external
skeleton or shell. In the case of
crabs, most of the edible meat is
found in the front claws like
lobsters. Other bigger varieties
also yield meat from the other
legs. Some species grow to an incredible size like the coconut crab native to the
Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the largest land-living arthropod (animals with external
skeletons including spiders and insects) in the world with a leg span of three feet
weighting up to four kilograms!
Unlike squid, cuttlefish and octopus, crabs take more steps to prepare and consume
since the tender edible meat is enclosed in a hard shell exoskeleton though there are
some species of soft-shell crabs that are entirely edible. In some Asian cuisines, the
fat as well as the roe or eggs of the female crab are also consumed. The smaller
morsels of meat are also carefully extracted from inside the body enclosed by a hard
carapace. It takes some skill to get the meat from the body of crabs which also has
the inedible gills and other organs. This is probably why most just prefer to crack open
the claws and legs for bigger chunks of the delectable juicy meat.
Crabs are also great additions to salads and mixed seafood soup. For some
preparations like crab cakes and chowder, only the tender flaky meat is needed while
other recipes like Singaporean chili crabs, it is cooked whole with spices and
traditionally served with an apron and crab claw cracker. Having a mild flavor, cook
them in simple dishes to let the mild ocean flavors come out.
Like other seafoods, crab prices vary depending on the source, rarity and proximity to
the place where they are caught. Snow crabs caught off the frigid waters of the Arctic
Ocean in Newfoundland, Greenland and Norway fetch exorbitant prices due to the
immense effort (not to mention hazards) it takes to catch them. Male and female
crabs are also segregated in markets while the more tender and meaty females
fetching a higher price.
Do note that not all types of crabs
are edible. Though not poisonous,
tiny hermit crabs that inhabit the
abandoned shells of other sea
creatures will not yield much
meat. Other species are toxic so
care must be taken when deep sea
fishing and a seemingly harmless-
looking creature is caught in the
net.