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Title: Do any of you season your boil water?
Post by: DoubleJ on July 20, 2012, 09:40:17 PM: I posted my crab adventures at another website and was asked why I didn't add any Old Bay seasoning or other seasoning. I love the taste of straight crab and don't think it needs seasoning but, do any of you season your water?
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Post by: Skillet on July 21, 2012, 09:02:15 AM: Did you post up those adventures here, too?

Straight up dungeness is good enough, but every once in a while I'll throw in a bag of Old Bay. I actually don't boil them in it, but steam them in a rack above the boiling water. Still picks up the Old Bay flavor, but not nearly as strong and doesn't overpower the good dungy flavor.
Title: Re: Do any of you season your boil water?
Post by: PolarBear on July 21, 2012, 09:07:55 AM: Always clean your crab before cooking, it makes them soooo much better. Every now and then we add a little beer and Johnny's but usually we just boil in saltwater straight out of the bay.
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Post by: Sneaky on July 21, 2012, 09:26:57 AM: Louisiana brand crab boil. I also add sausage, potatoes, corn on the cob, and whole onions :tup:
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Post by: sticky on July 21, 2012, 09:34:31 AM: Yeah, I'm with P.Bear, seawater works well. Old Bay is good with less flavor crab like soft shell. For my money, Dungeness is the best tasting crab there is. Yum.
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Post by: jaymark6655 on July 21, 2012, 09:36:15 AM: Originally from MD, so I like the Old Bay. Dung has a good flavor, I think adding it is more important with blues. I steam but coat the crabs in the seasoning.
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Post by: sirmissalot on July 23, 2012, 10:10:00 AM: Quote from: PolarBear on July 21, 2012, 09:07:55 AM
Always clean your crab before cooking, it makes them soooo much better. Every now and then we add a little beer and Johnny's but usually we just boil in saltwater straight out of the bay.

I think cleaning them takes away some of the flavor. I only clean them before I cook them when I can cook them right away, they keep well on ice that way. Some wish shrimp, if you can cook them whole the day you caught them, they're excellent.

I always season the water I boil in, Zatarans crab boil is awesome and easy. Just throw the bag in. I throw it in while the water is getting hot and let it boil for a little bit before I put the crab in so it gets a lot of the seasoning flavor into the water and into the crab.
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Post by: scottcrb on July 23, 2012, 10:21:46 AM: No cleaning just add sea salt if I can't use ocean water?
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Post by: jackmaster on July 23, 2012, 10:24:11 AM: sea salt works great
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Post by: WSU on July 23, 2012, 10:37:59 AM: I just throw some Johnny's in the pot. Also, I cook them cleaned and uncleaned, and like both. Crabs are so good it seems that it is hard to screw up.
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Post by: h20hunter on July 23, 2012, 10:49:49 AM: Kosher Salt.

I did get some old bay and used it in my crab cakes.......they were a crowd pleaser!