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Steamed Crabs at the Beach

How to pick ’em & eat ’em…

EATING STEAMED CRABS in Ocean City …where adults are actually encouraged to wear a bib, eat with their hands, get food on the table, pound on the table, throw their leftovers in a pile, generally make a mess and… HAVE A GOOD TIME.

Note please: There are probably as many ways to pick and eat steamed crabs as there are “crab pickers” in Ocean City or all of Maryland. The following photos and descriptions should help with just a few hints to get you started:

  • Don’t bother about the mess.
  • Don’t rub your eyes until you have thoroughly washed your hands.
  • Have fun. Share stories with your friends (and just maybe a cold beer – or two).
  • Enjoy!

1. Tools: All you need are a mallet, a dull knife, and plenty of kraft paper (or maybe newspaper) to cover your table.
2. Remove the front claws: Put them aside, you can come back to them later.

3. Pull off the rest of the legs: Sometimes, you get lucky and some crab meat pulls out with them. Just enjoy it.		Open the carapace, or the apron.
4. Open the apron: Pull up the apron on the bottom of the crab and break it off.

5. Open the crab: You can now easily pull the hard shell off of the top of the crab.		Clean out the devil fingers
6. Clean out: Scrape out and discard anything that does not look appealing to you – the yellow “mustard” and the lungs (sometimes called the devil’s fingers).
Break the crab body in half
7. Break in half: You are now down to the main part of the crab. Simply grasp it in both hands and break it in half to expose the sweet crab meat.		Crab meat on display
8. The crab meat: can be found in all of the little nooks and crannies. This is some of the finest tasting seafood to be had anywhere.

Oh yes, what are the mallet and knife for? The knife (not sharp, please) helps to pull the crab meat out from all the little nooks and crannies. And the mallet – well, each large claw also contains some fine-eatin’ meat – use the mallet to crack the claws. Actually, the only essential “tool” is the paper to cover the table. The mallet and knife only make things a “little” easier, but they definitely add to the fun.

Also See: Eating Crabs in Ocean City, Maryland.

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Ocean City Maps Page

See what the “sights” look like from above – try the different views.

Try our Interactive Map of the Ocean City Area. This “iMap,” provided by the Beaches and Towns Network, is powered by Google Maps. Try the “Zoom” buttons ( [+] [–] ) on the bottom-right of the map and “drag” the map (or use the arrow keys on a laptop/desktop) to move around the beach neighborhoods.

See what the “sights” look like from above; try the different views. Click the Map view above (lower-left-corner) to see street names to figure out “how to get there.” We hope you enjoy your visit to the beach.

This is just a sample image for the Ocean City Maps page.
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Ocean City Real Estate

Realty and Real Estate Information for the Ocean City Resort Area.

Are you thinking about making your home, your second home, or locating your business in Ocean City? Or, do you have an interest in real estate, buying or leasing a condo, home, or rental property in the Ocean City resort area: including North Ocean City, West Ocean City, Ocean Pines, Caine Woods, downtown, or Montego Bay? Or would you like to sell? Make sure to use an Ocean City REALTOR® with experience in the beach area. OCMD is truly a great place to live, work and play.

Ocean City’s past was built on the early fishing industry, and occasional tourists. Today, OC’s future is literally being built by the tourism and real estate industries. Older buildings, both commercial and residential are becoming the premier beach real estate addresses of the dot com age.

Ocean City Jigsaw Puzzles
Ocean City Jigsaw Puzzles

Finding what you need and want can be quite puzzling. Keep in mind that resort area real estate, for a multitude of reasons, is different than dealing with real estate in most other areas. With, literally, several hundred licensed real estate agents and sales people, along with dozens of real estate offices, Realtors®and brokers in the beach resort area – where do you begin?

Dynamic Ocean City Real Estate changes are taking place n a continual basis, you now, more than ever, need a professional real estate consultant with “the right” experience. Local real estate agents have expertise and many years of experience in this ever-changing “At The Beach” Real Estate market.

Carouse Photo with Nikon Camera

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Vacation Rental Agencies – Condos, Apartments, Houses

Condo Row – The “Gold Coast – the high-rise condominiums of North Ocean City.

Ocean City Real Estate Agents

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Ocean City Area Real Estate Companies – Coming soon.