How to Cook and Eat Crabs

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    Great Job...
    the whole series is well done!!

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    Great Crab Cooking Info!
    Now when my customers ask me how to cook their crabs I can just send them here. What a time saver for me! Thanks ;)

  • Alexandra VanCleve
    Owner/Crab Cooker, Capt. Jack's Crab Shack and The Virginia Crab Cake Co
    www.welovecrabs.com  
    540-582-8868

    <span>Eight years ago my family stumbled into the crab business and never looked back.  I spent every summer working at the crab shack to save money for college and of course help out my family.  After graduating from UVa with a degree in biology, I was dazed and confused.  Like most kids with a degree in one hand and zero experience in the other, I prolonged real life for a bit by working yet another summer at the crab shack.  The business had grown so much and the need to expand presented a unique opportunity- for me to become a business owner.  One larger retail store and an on-line store that ships seafood across the country, <a><font>www.crabpie.com</font></a>, I am learning something new every day.  Maybe one day I'll go to grad school, but right now I'm having too much fun cooking crabs!</span>

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    <p>Alexandra VanCleve: Hi! I am Alexandra VanCleve with Capt. Jack's Crab Shack and we are here in Spotsylvania, Virginia. Today we are going to show you how to cook and eat crabs. We are going to walk you through all the steps from choosing the crabs, culling the crabs, fixing the steamer, cooking and eating. The chosen ingredients we will be using today are a steamer with a basket, a propane burner, beer, vinegar, Old Bay and of course blue crabs.</p><p>While cooking crabs there are a couple of safety concerns. If you are not used to cooking crabs often like I am, you want to use gloves when handling them. Second, you want to make sure that your propane burner is on an even keel. You might have had too many beers; you want to make sure you don't bump it over. Here at Capt. Jack, our family earning operated business, have been serving up seafood for the past seven years. Our all-female crew -- just one best seafood in our area, we serve crabs year around. Let's get started, cooking and eating crabs. </p>

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