11/12/2022 0 Comments Eating blue crab![]() It’s a messy affair with a sweet, sweet reward. We’re fans of the former, finding there’s nothing quite like getting down-and-dirty with a crab mallet and digging out the meat for yourself. The live crabs are indeed a dark greenish-blue in color-cooking breaks down that pigment, leaving a reddish-orange hue behind-and they’re distinguished in the crab world for being sexually dimorphic, meaning the two sexes have distinct appearances: Males are identified by a narrow, T-shape abdominal “apron,” or abdomen (it’s said to look like the Washington Monument), whereas females’ are broader, triangular or shaped like the Capitol dome, if it’s a mature female.Īs for blue crab season? It extends from April through December, during which time they are harvested, at varying times, as hard-shell crabs, peeler crabs (just before they molt), and soft-shell crabs (just after they molt, in late spring/early summer). Which means you can find great blue crabs in Washington, D.C., too, during three-quarters of the year. If you're anything like us, when you get anywhere near Maryland, you're wondering where you can get some blue crabs! Blue crabs are most associated with Maryland (where it is the state crustacean and largest commercial fishery), but they are native to the whole of the western Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico-and it just so happens that the brackish waters of the Chesapeake Bay make a particularly ideal habitat. Iran Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Oman Saudi Arabia Syria United Arab Emirates Yemen OceaniaĪustralia French Polynesia New Zealand South AmericaĪrgentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Uruguay Venezuela John USVI Trinidad and Tobago EuropeĪlbania Andorra Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Moldova Montenegro Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The Netherlands Turkey Ukraine Mexico Wisconsin AfricaĪlgeria Cameroon Egypt Ethiopia Ghana Kenya Madagascar Malawi Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Namibia Nigeria Réunion Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania The Gambia Tunisia Uganda Zambia Asiaīhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Korea Laos Macau Malaysia Mongolia Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Philippines Singapore Sri Lanka Taiwan Thailand Tibet Vietnam Canadaīritish Columbia Newfoundland & Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Quebec Saskatchewan Central America & CaribbeanĪntigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico St. Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Tennessee Texas Utah Virginia Washington Washington D.C. ![]()
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