What's The West Coast Dungeness Season Looking Like?

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Dungeness Crabs! It's time!

Ode to Melanie Wong " Melanie Wong 01/07/0111:26pm re: Fred Instead of boiling, you might try steaming the crabs. I like to cook my own because I want the crab fat under the carapace and it must be freshly cooked. If you boil them, most of the fat runs out into the boiling liquid. The flavor is much more intense, the meat is less water-logged and needs no added salt when steamed. But I will caution you that the aroma when you take the lid off is incredibly overpowering because all the crab jui…