Rock Crab

These crabs as you may have guessed live in rocky places. Many people may refer to them as swimming crabs due to their last set of legs being flippers.

The Majority of meat from this species of crab comes from their crushing claws. They can grow  to 10 inches plus, but typically are found to be around 5 inches. They some how don't have a high a reputation of crabs such as the Dungeness crab, but they do have all the available flavour.

One of the reasons for their lower popularity would be due to their relatively small size in comparison to the other edible crabs. The meat is very hard to remove from meaning a lot of effort has to go in to gain little pleasure.

The way many people would use this crab is to consume the meat from their chunky claws by boiling etc and serving with butter and lemon, then use their bodies to boil and make a flavoured broth or stock for other recipes. If you are lucky enough to get a larger crab, then by all means eat all the meat you can find within it.

Using the legs and bodies of the leftover crab is unbelievable for making one go the most delicious tomato sauces with a crab flavor twist to it. However, the sauce does not keep for long, so freeze the crab body parts until you want to make the sauce for use that day. 

Snow Crab