Cooking crab

[dtgblue]

I bought a live crab from the fish market yesterday and put it in the fridge. It was still alive at 1:00 am this morning but is now dead. Will it still be OK to cook and eat?

[ummmm]

You should have put it in the freezer. That puts them into a comatose state. Once dead they deteriorate very quickly...

[chelle7272]

If it's been dead a few hours i wouldn't risk it...

[dtgblue]

Thanks, thought I'd better ask 'tis now in the bin. Just couldn't bring myself to chuck it in boiling water, it kept looking at me lol. Note to self, soft sod

[ummmm]

Next time put it in the freezer and from the freezer straight into boiling water.

[chelle7272]

lol like ummmm said next time put it in the freezer till its comatose, easier to drop it in the water then

[snags]

The most humane way to dispatch a crab is to thrust a skewer right between it's eyes then waggle it left and right, mashing it's brains. Sadly it'll still look at you though...

[dtgblue]

I think my next one will be ready cooked.

[B00]

^ or in a tin

[mumsie_wumsie]

To be honest I have never eaten crab, although I like fish shrimps etc. But the thought of actually cooking a crab while it is still living,plungeing it into boiling hot water,makes me feel physically ill. I know this is the way to cook them,but no way, not for me.