King crabs

Glaucus · 8 May 2007 at 21:26

Anyone watching The F word?

Seen the size of these things, grow upto 6ft wide :eek:

and apparently is the best crab meat to eat, not only that they are killing the local fish population in Norway so are being hunted by humans as they have no natural enemies..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_crab

The red king crab, Paralithodes camtschaticus, is the most coveted commercially sold king crab and is the most expensive per unit weight. It is very large, sometimes reaching a carapace width of 11 in (28 cm) and a leg span of 6 ft (1.8 m) [2]. It is most commonly caught in Bristol Bay and Norton Sound, Alaska, and is particularly difficult to catch, but is nonetheless the most preferred crab for consumption and has been said to be tastier than lobster

Now any restraunts serve a whole one of them?

metachi · 8 May 2007 at 21:28

nice, they look tasty.

tuftyfella · 8 May 2007 at 21:29

who would win, a bear or king crab thingy?

looked damn tasty tbh

Mr Jones · 8 May 2007 at 21:33

I'm from Singapore, country famous for the dish Black Pepper Crab, and that crab looks absolutely delicious...

Raikiri · 8 May 2007 at 21:34

metachi said:
nice, they look tasty.

They are, much nicer than lobster.

Solari · 8 May 2007 at 21:43

Was that pulled from Vanessa Feltz's pubes?

jezsoup · 8 May 2007 at 21:49

Solari said:
Was that pulled from Vanessa Feltz's pubes?

NOOOOOOO, the thought of that makes me feel ill!!!

dafloppyone · 8 May 2007 at 21:50

"pulled" nah they caught it trying to escape from that dark abyss

daz · 8 May 2007 at 22:01

I think hunting for Alaskan King Crab is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world... saw a program on discovery for it... the crew members can make like £5k in under a month.

Vita · 8 May 2007 at 22:03

Huge

KizZ · 8 May 2007 at 22:07

Vita said:
Huge

/OT

Great sig!

georges · 8 May 2007 at 22:13

frakker said:
Just occured to me that I've never really eaten crab. Had squid, crocodile meat and the like but never crab. What does it taste like, chicken?

To me it tastes like what I would imagine the colour "grey" to taste of, with a strange texture. Not really worth trying again tbh.

Phalanx · 8 May 2007 at 22:14

Holy crap what a coincidence, I just wikied them after seeing them on the F word.

They look so damn eevvvil. They look like the face huggers from Alien or the Black Headcrabs from HL2 or something.

daz · 8 May 2007 at 22:14

georges said:
To me it tastes like what I would imagine the colour "grey" to taste of, with a strange texture. Not really worth trying again tbh.

Not sure what crab you've tried...

Liverpool-Lad · 8 May 2007 at 22:16

daz said:
I think hunting for Alaskan King Crab is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world... saw a program on discovery for it... the crew members can make like £5k in under a month.

Yeah, its a show called 'Deadliest Catch' I think its shot in the Bering Sea. Very dodgy occupation with the weather conditions there.

HEADRAT · 8 May 2007 at 22:16

Had cedar plank roasted Alaskan King Crab last time I was in Seattle, bloody delicious!

HEADRAT

Droolinggimp · 8 May 2007 at 22:17

daz said:
Not sure what crab you've tried...

Crab sticks probably

gareth.e · 8 May 2007 at 22:19

they looked rather yum on the plate...

but not as yummy as that girl who just appeared on the 7 sins of England or what ever it's called (which is on now..) :eek:

Liverpool-Lad · 8 May 2007 at 22:20

Which have to be legally called 'crab flavoured sticks' as they dont actually contain any crab.*

*Alan Partridge.

Wang · 8 May 2007 at 22:23

gareth.e said:
but not as yummy as that girl who just appeared on the 7 sins of England or what ever it's called (which is on now..)

Sensational rack!