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Originally Posted by 62overlander
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Not my photo, but the essence of how it's done in Maryland. I think the "spiced crabs" you refer to is the Old Bay seasoning we steam them with.
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Spiced crabs is more than the just Old Bay seasoning, although Old Bay is very good seasoning for most seafood, as well as slow cooked venison. Spiced crabs refers to the "spicy" chile infused sauce used on the Maryland Eastern shore to cook crabs. This spicy sauce sticks to the shells of the crabs, and then gets on the fingers when the crabs are broken apart, as in your picture. Pulling the crab meat out of the shell by hand transfers the spicy sauce from the fingers to the crab meat. The newspaper covered table with a bucket of crabs dumped in the middle is the traditional way to eat them. I've had problems getting my European friends to join in this kind of feast, however, as eating communally with one's hands is not usually acceptable. No problem, all the more for me.
I learned that this was not just a Chesapeake Bay pleasure when I visited Singapore and had crabs prepared and served the exact same way, except the sauce may have been a bit spicier and even more flavorful. Spiced crabs is one of my all time favorite meals, and I've gone so far as having them flown in, on ice, on specially occasions when nothing else would do.
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