Interesting - I don’t think I’ve ever come across this before. Thank you!
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Sure. I have never heard the term used anywhere except in Chesapeake Bay Area. But that is only area that I have been Crabbing so…
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I did not mean to be obscure, I used to crab a bit, just chicken necking (for bait) and then lived for a while in Deale MD and the neighbors used to put peelers into a tank and then harvest them whenever they wanted a softshell crab. I always thought a peeler was a softshell so I learned something today. But it makes me wonder even more if a green crab could be eaten as a softshell? Wait til they peel and then do the little cut with the scissors to remove the gills, mouth and tail and then coat them in the batter of your choice and deep fat fry them. I ate the softshell crabs and did not even know that they had recently been “promoted” from peelers to softshell crabs.
LOL!
I used to walk my dog every morning and I would see an old waterman driving his golf cart to his crab tank to grab a peeler for breakfast most mornings. That was his idea of his perfect morning. He and his dog (another lab) going to the creek, looking at the weather and the boats then grabbing a crab and going home for breakfast. Makes me homesick for Deale.
Sorry for the off topic rambling post.
Rockhold creek.
The dock is my neighbors, after he quit maintaining it but still used the crab tank nearby.
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Reminded me of this thread
and this site
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