-36 Crab legs are annoying to eat, amirite?

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

This is not an unpopular opinion. Crab legs are very famously one of the most difficult foods to eat. There are multiple utensils that were invented for the sole purpose of addressing this problem

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I became so proud of myself growing up when I became strong enough to snap parts of the leg open with my hands (ofc I can't do this with crabs that have thick ass shells or lots of spikes)

by AgeVisual 1 week ago

At a certain point it becomes a DIY project.lol

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

What lmao

by Watsicamiles 1 week ago

💀

by OkChard 1 week ago

My Dad used to say a man can starve to death eating blue crab.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Anyone from Maryland knows that eating blue crabs is a social event, not something you do if you're actually hungry.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I literally just laughed out loud. haha

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

That's why there's hush puppies, oysters, clam fritters and scrimp.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Snow crab and king crab are delicious!!!! They don't need seasoning, just steam them and enjoy.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Well, best with butter, nothing else needed. They are messy but worth it and once you are experienced it's not that hard.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I dont even need butter, theyre great just the way they are. I've eaten crab my whole life, its so easy at this point I can rip through 2 lbs of grab in no time. The trick is to not over steam them. The shell needs to be still hard, but weakened, you want it to snap, not bend.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

delicious but annoying to eat

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

Pistachios

by Anonymous 1 week ago

You've only had those little species of crabs with legs like pencils. You need to try king crab, but it won't be cheap

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Snow crab works for me and I can churn through it pretty fast. Prices out of hand lately.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

hahaha, have you seen Deadliest Catch? When you see what it takes to get those things, the price makes a little more sense.

by Kurtispaucek 1 week ago

yeah for sure, i watched it a lot when it was real popular like 15-20 years ago. I can understand why it is that expensive, (even with how notorious discovery channel is with over dramatizing and exaggerating almost everything on all of their shows) but that is still a pass for me, maybe just once to try it i guess but it seems like a lot of money for a crab leg to me

by Personal_Fan 1 week ago

you JUST learned this???

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I live over a thousand miles from an ocean, we ain't known for seafood here.

by Personal_Fan 1 week ago

And 95% of that 60LBS is shell.lol

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

I think you may be accidentally linking to websites that don't exist because you forgot the spaces.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

thanks I just noticed that

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

yes. Imagine eating chicken and leaving scraps of all the meat except its hard shells

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

No I disagree, there are multiple ways to get the meat out without it getting as messy as eating sauced up chicken wings

by Anonymous 1 week ago

those ways usually involve either a weird utensil or a common utensil used in a weird way.lol

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

Ever heard of just . . . twisting then pulling them apart? Works surprisingly well once you know how to do it

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I can churn through snow crab with no utensils. It's all in the snap.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Folks knocking blue crab have never had the pleasure of sitting down for a few hours with good friends while listening to good music or an Orioles game in the background. It's not food you eat because you're hungry and only have a few moments. It's a social food.

by ImmediatePear 1 week ago

They're not that hard to eat. I am 7 months pregnant and get them every month. I sit and crack them and enjoy the hell out of them

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Literally everyone I've ever met has this opinion.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

well you haven't actually meant me yet.lol

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

lol. True. But yeah, they're a pain in the ass, but I'm gonna still go through it. I got a metal soap bar to take the smell off your hands that just soap doesn't seem to fully cut.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

They're the peanuts of the oceanic world.

by gwehner 1 week ago

This guy crabs

by Anonymous 1 week ago

It makes the meat taste better when you have to work for it. Same goes for peanuts or a lot of nuts

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I think that's a sunken cost fallacy. I think the meat is valued more and not enjoyed more. People value things the more they invest in it and vise versa

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

You're right, it's so annoying, but they're still my favorite food lmao

by AgeVisual 1 week ago

Meh, if you know what you're doing they're easy to crack and eat. Yes, it's not like just picking up a chicken leg and biting but I do not see it being much effort and the reward is great because crab meat is amazing!

by Medhurstangelin 1 week ago

On our second date, my wife and I got crab because she had never had it before. The very first leg she cracked with her hands shot hot crab fluids right into my eye. True story. We laughed so hard then and even harder when we retell the story

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I'm a bougie b***h.

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

U do know what that means right, rich and humble?

by Many-Scale 1 week ago

Completely Agree. The reward to the amount of work it takes is just not worth it to me, even as someone who loves seafood

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Seafood place down the road started giving you gloves and a bib with the meal, I love it! Makes me feel like caveman

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I guess that could be fun. haha

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

What? This isn't even an opinion. I don't know what this is.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

People usually enjoy eating crabs legs. I see it as a pain in the a**

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

Not as annoying as for the crab tbh

by Balistrerigrove 1 week ago

Said every animal ever

by Legitimate_Coast_261 1 week ago

Messy, yes. Pain in the arse for a scant reward, yes. But for flavour, I dip the meat in lemon butter.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

I can't tell to how many times I cut my hands trying to eat damn crab

by svonrueden 1 week ago

The only time crab or lobster are actually pleasant to eat is if someone else does all the prep work first

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Dare I say I kinda like that it's annoying to eat because it forces me to slow down and eat less instead of gobbling up my food like I usually do

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Crab legs might be difficult (I don't have much of a problem with them) but they are also the tastiest seafood out there! The trick is getting a partner who cracks faster... then they can help you finish your meal!

by Anonymous 1 week ago

made a mistake by not using spaces. haha

by Hassansimonis 1 week ago

5 times? :')

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Definitely a pain in the ass, but I consider it well worth the trouble. Now if only I could financially afford them regularly. Also think crab legs are way better than lobster, but my experience with that is very limited.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

Yeah they're annoying to eat but for me it's the sheer cost. For every pound of crab leg, it's like 75% shell and 25% meat. Literally throwing money away.

by Anonymous 1 week ago

So are crawfish. So much work for so little reward. The corn, sausage, and potatoes are highly needed to make the whole thing worth it

by tayaorn 1 week ago

I remember eating crab one day and then feeling a distinctive "pop" and then a liquid feeling, when i pulled it out it was some sort of cyst or nodule filled with clearish yellowish liquid, nearly choked to death and have never since eaten crab, it wasnt even tasty enough to start with but that was the end of the line for me

by VividReality 1 week ago

I've never understood the fascination, so much work for very average meat, which most people tolerate by dipping it in butter. Spoiler, you like the flavor of meat soaked in butter, not crab.

by medhurstfiliber 1 week ago

You don't need butter for crab meat. They are already marinated in salt water for their whole life. Some crab is the sweetest piece of meat I have ever tried. If you need butter, you are eating some frozen one.Because the umaminess has been lost during the process of storage. You need to eat crab within 2 hours when they die.

by Luehoppe 1 week ago

And spent their lives eating all the decaying crap resting on the sea floor

by medhurstfiliber 1 week ago

They eat decayed and rotting food, what animals eat absolutely matters to how they taste.

by medhurstfiliber 1 week ago

Ah yes the argument of "I don't do that so no one else does either". 😂

by medhurstfiliber 1 week ago

My in laws go crabbing every season as they live right on the water and have a dock/boat. They fill up with as much crab as allowed every day, cook it, freeze it and then eat crab all summer. I've tried it so many times because they insist I just haven't had good crab and it's been 5 years and I still don't get it 😂

by medhurstfiliber 1 week ago