“Tell people they can eat the whole thing,” one of my colleagues urged me when I told her I planned to write about soft-shell crabs. If you love blue crabs but are daunted by all that cracking and ...

NOW IS the time of year when blue crabs come out of their shells and steal the spotlight from their colder-weather counterparts. A seasonal delicacy, soft-shell crabs are the low-waste crustacean, ...

1. Clean the soft shell crabs (or order pre-cleaned crabs from your fishmonger). 2. Place fish fry in a shallow bowl. 3. Pat cleaned crabs dry with a paper towel. Dredge crabs, one at a time, front ...

Convenience foods have a horrible reputation, in most cases entirely justified. In the quest for ease, other attributes -- such as flavor -- get tossed willy-nilly by the wayside. But there is an ...

The blue crab is one of our region’s culinary calling cards and turns up in dishes like Crab Imperial, Crab Norfolk and She Crab Soup. But one of the most revered forms is soft shell crabs, a seasonal ...

Corn meal crusted soft shell crab sandwich, lemon mayonnaise, served with buttered fiddlehead ferns and breakfast radishes:Lemon mayonnaise:-3oz mayonnaise-Zest of 1 lemon-¾ tbsp lemon juice-Salt and ...

Call it the battle of the soft-shell crab. Quinn Hatfield, chef and co-owner of Hatfield’s, didn’t want them on his menu -- they’re best eaten simply, he thought, and he knew that they’d be so popular ...

“I would like to find whoever ‘invented’ the soft-shell crab sandwich and give that person a massive hug,” said Michel Nischan in Sustainably Delicious (Rodale). Maryland soft-shells are meant to be ...

Season flour with salt & pepper. In a large pan melt 4 tablespoons butter . As the pan is heating , toss the soft shell crab in the flour, shake excess flour. When the butter starts to bubble , place ...

The fleeting soft-shell crab season is here again and Charleston's chefs are yearning to wow their patrons with different renditions of the sought-after crustacean. Soft-shell season comes around ...

The soft-shell fishery is a special component of SCDNR’s overall blue crab fishery. Crabs are harvested using a peeler pot, or peeler. “They don’t have to have escape rings and all that a regular crab ...