FRIED CRABS

[CRABGUY]

THERE'S A PLACE HERE IN CHESAPEAKE

EDDIES CHESAPEAKE BAY CRAB HOUSE
2592 CAMPOSTELLA ROAD
CHESAPEAKE,VA 23324

THEY BATTER DIP AND DEEP FRYHARD SHELL CRABS
THEY DO THE SAME WITH A DEVILED CRAB
 I TRIED THE DEVILED ONE AND IT WAS OUT OF THIS WORLD!!

GRASSHOPPER. IN YOUR TRAVELS HAVE YOU EVER RAN ACROSS THIS STYLE OF COOKING THEM?

[Crabpop]

Hey Crabguy, deep fried hard shell blue crabs, yes, yes, yes!!  Have a place here in Maryland that's been doing 'em this way for several years (address below).  They pop the top shell, clean 'em up real good, replace the shell, batter dip 'em, then into the fryer they go.  Absolutely GREAT!  Only problem is it's only ONE crab, either a large or jumbo.  Had to order a second one to fill me up!  Another thing this restaurant does very well is deep fried soft shells crabs.  Their secret is, after folding back the top to clean the crab, they put about 2-3 ozs of either lump crabmeat or deviled crab into the opening before replacing the top shell.  These are to die for!!  

                           Tall Oaks
                        1541 Colony Rd.
                        Pasadena, MD

Good eatin' to ya.

Crabpop

[CRABGUY]

GOOD GOD
THAT SOUNDS FANTASTIC

I DONT UNDERSTAND FRYING THE HARD SHELL ONES
IF YOU CANT EAT THE SHELL??

WHATS THE POINT

DEEP FRY THE BATTER AND MAKE HUSH PUPS??

[Crabpop]

Crabguy, Tall Oaks uses a seasoned batter on the hardshells.  It's pretty much hush puppies on the shell.
Batter also serves the purpose of sealing the crab when it's deepfried, so the crab steams in its own juices.  Took me a few minutes to learn the secret of eating these things.  You're supposed to remove the deep fried batter coating from each piece (i.e., claw arm)
and put it to the side of the plate before you start hammerin' on the claw itself. Then you can eat the claw meat and the fried batter coating together without getting bits of shell in the coating.  Great stuff; don't know about the colesterol value, but just like s*x, if you don't try to eat deep fried hardshells every day, it ain't gonna kill ya.  

Crabpop

[CRABGUY]

I'LL STICK TO THE FRIED (BATTER DIPPED)
DEVILED CRABS THEY ARE INCREDIBLE

AND A COUPLE OF THOSE STUFFED SOFT SHELL'S YOU WERE TELLING ME ABOUT

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