storing cooked crabs

[rowboater]

I asked my nephew works @ a local crabhouse what they do with cooked crabs @ the end of the night. He said any cooked crabbed are stored upside down,carapace side down.This is to allow any moisture to drain and collect in the shell and not the meat.It was something I had never thought of but made sense.

[tattoo]

i always do that.if not clean them after i steam them.

[Mikie]

I asked my nephew works @ a local crabhouse what they do with cooked crabs @ the end of the night. He said any cooked crabbed are stored upside down,carapace side down.This is to allow any moisture to drain and collect in the shell and not the meat.It was something I had never thought of but made sense.

What do they do then? Do they re-heat and re-serve? Upright or upside down? Just curious.

[flounderpounder]

i store mine in a tight runbbermaid container....right side up...stay fresh for up to a week....have eaten up to 2 weeks old...no reheating...just cold.  I do lose quite a bit of liquid...maybe i will try some upside down....ill let ya know how it works out