crabs that is. Does anyone know where I can get them already steamed around twoish in Calvert county? My brother wants them for Saturday BUT he can't find a place over where he lives and I DON'T want to pick them up at Kellams and drive them over. Kellams doesn't even steam them for pick up until after five. Thanks.
Number 2 Males
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Is that seafood place by the Solomons 7-11 still there? We've gotten steamed crabs from them and they were ab fab.
Wow - I don't even know where Solomons 7-11 is. I don't get over there very often. My bro lives over there but I think he's just decided to dump it on his sister. I would think crabs would be plentiful this time of year everywhere.
thank you...checking
That's it - thanks!
Thanks I'll check into that. My younger brother is coming from VA and paying for them. They're probably more expensive there - he lives in the snotty part of the state.
NorthBeachPerso
Honorary SMIB
Tyler's by the 260/261 light in Chesapeake Beach.
Give them a call a couple or three hours before you want to pick them up.
Tyler's Tackle Shop and Crab House
www.tylerstackle.com
That sounds promising. Thank you.
kom526
They call me ... Sarcasmo
You buy 2's for when you are sharing with friends. Never buy 1's to share.
Grumpy
Well-Known Member
Wish someone would do a comparison, yield wise...Dozen 1s and dozen 2s, same person picking and keeping the yields separate. Last time I got crabs on a regular basis, seemed to me we ran across an awful lot of light 1s..Had some crabs(2s) a couple weeks ago from Tylers and they were the meatiest crabs I've run across in a long time. Maybe their 1s that day were meatier, I dunno, but just from my experience, 1s can be disappointing.
I get mine from local watermen as "payment for services rendered" and they make sure I never get any light 1's. I've seen plenty of them over the years though.. There isn't really a solid definition of what a "number 1" is except for "the largest of the legal-sized crabs we're catching right now". This past year has seen some amazing crabs caught...remained nice and heavy all year.
A lot off people don't understand this. Late summer and early fall crabs are a some of the fattest healthiest crabs of the season. I used to get females from a local waterman for $4/bushel to pick out for freezing. Crab Cakes, crab imperial, crab soup, and crab/macaroni salad all winter long. All packed with meat.
It only lasted until the kids got old enough to realize what I was doing and they would sneak up and empty my bowl as fast as I could fill it. Good times...
Yup..that's why I always pick out a bunch and make my crab cakes in the fall.
black dog
Free America
You would think my kid would have hooked up his dad,Nope.
He and a friend ran a few dozen traps behind Hearts Desire to Doc Verts place a week or so ago.
buddscreek
Active Member
they figured you already had plenty of crabs
Is there a difference in taste between male and female crabs. Centuries ago, when I was still living in Baltimore, people used to claim that the males tasted better than then females. There was even a thing called She Crab Soup which I assumed was made with female crabs, though I wondered if male crabs could be used for the same thing.
Any truth to that story about a difference in taste?