Recipe - Steamed Blue Crabs - The Truly Maryland Way

One half cup Seafood seasoning
One half cup Salt
3 cup White vinegar
3 cup Beer; or water
3 Live (and lively) maryland b
lue hard
crabs

Recipe by: The Maryland Seafood Cookbook.

Mix seasonings, vinegar and beer (or water) well. Put onehalf crabs in
very large pot with rack and TIGHT fitting lid.** Pour onehalf seasoning
mixture over top of crabs. Add rest of crabs and remaining liquid. Steam,
covered until crabs turn bright red in color, about 20 or 30 minutes. Serve
hot or cold. Makes about 9 to 12 servings, depending on size of crabs. **If
two pots are used, layer crabs and measure seasoning mixture accordingly.

NOTE: Serve crabs immediately if to be eaten hot. To serve cold bring to
room temperature and refrigerate until ready to serve. Under NO
circumstances should live and steamed crabs ever be stored in such a manner
that they could come into contact with each other.

Formatted for you by: Bill Webster

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #761 by Bill thelma@pipeline.com on Aug 27,
1997