Freezing Crab Question.

[Hermit]

I cook em, clean em then seal them real good in freezer bags.

[JKEEN33]

The meat always gets pretty strong on the ones we froze. We made a bunch of crab cakes last year then vacuum packed and froze those and they were great reheated.

[Hunterman]

We boil them, then right from the goiling water we drop the crabs in ICE WATER with plenty of ice in it. (That stops the cooking process).. What we don't eat  I clean the crab, split them, put into a gal. ziplock bag, then fill the bag with water, and freeze.. Never had any freezer burn (froze in water, no air can get to it)..When you thaw it out, steam to warm, and enjoy..Taste like the day you put them up..( We have put some crab in the freezer the past few years      )

Hunterman(Tony)

[longknife]

I noticed the crab you find in the stores are in containers, so i crack all mine, put it in a tub, and freeze it.

[YoterHunter]

hey Pete i will come take some of your hands .   chantrels for crab.

[rgalanti21]

As said previously, make sure to vacuum pack them if you want any chance of eating halfway decent priorly frozen crab meat. 

[DoubleJ]

Not to threadjack but, am I the only one that likes rock crab better than dungeness?

[singleshot12]

Freezing crab is more trouble than it's worth...  It would make more sense to divide up our quata so we could have a winter fishery..   Middle of winter is when most people feel like eating fresh crab again anyways.

[dscubame]

Use to freeze cooked crab whole all the time when I lived in Muk. and scuba dived for them very frequently.  Never had any issues.

[gaddy]

has anybody tried freezing them in milk ? we went on a chatrer once & got a bunch of true cod, had them filleted and were told to freeze in milk. worked great, no burn and held flavor very well. wonder if it would work on crab ?

[longknife]

Not to threadjack but, am I the only one that likes rock crab better than dungeness?

I think rock crab is good, a bit more flavor than Dungi's

[gasman]

Not to threadjack but, am I the only one that likes rock crab better than dungeness?

I'm with you, but if there less then 7" they ain't worth my time. We have kept and ate several rock crab also 

[doyourtime89]

I have wanted to know a good way to do this too.  I have cooked and took all the meat out and vacuum sealed them and it worked pretty good.  But I did just read somewhere that if you cook them, cool them and then take a gallon old milk jug or something like that.  Put them in it shell and all, fill up with water and freeze.  I haven't tried it yet, just something I read....thought I would pass it on and also see if anyone has tried that. 

[rgalanti21]

Not to threadjack but, am I the only one that likes rock crab better than dungeness?

I'm in this boat for the flavor of the crab, but dungees have more meat, so it's a double edged sword.

[Hyde]

I think red rock crab get their name because their shells are hard as rocks!  Holy Moly they are a pain to crack!