Will any of the Chinatown fish stores clean soft shell crabs for me? I’m not much of a cook...

We kicked off the season with some wonderful soft shell crabs at home this weekend (purchased at fresh pond – alive when chosen from the case, then cleaned for us). Washed with egg, dusted with flour, sauted in butter and...

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Most of the Asian Seafood Markets have them right now. Last Sunday, however, I went to Fish King in Glendale and they had nice plump soft shell crabs. Asked the guy behind the counter to clean them, took them home, dusted them...

Does anyone know where I could buy live soft shell crabs in the Bay Area?

Randazzo’s fish market has nice, lively soft shells, 3/$8. A good price, compared to what I’ve seen. They’ll clean them for you. They have imported live snails today too, plus live scungilli. What a terrific...

Two weeks ago, I called Oceanfresh in Attleboro a day ahead to ask them whether they had soft shell crab and they did me they did. But when I got there, I was told that they were all gone. It was the stupidity on my side. I...

We went to Taku on Saturday night to finally indulge in the omakase and to our delight, they were offering soft shell crabs as part of the six courses. They came fried in a multi-spiced batter and on a bed of sauteed cabbage...

I was thinking that I wanted to grill soft-shell crabs for the 4th of July. The thing is, I’ve always heard that you should cook soft-shells the same day you buy them, and I’m obviously not going to be able to find a...

1. Drive to Saxis, little town on Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. 2. Find and convince some gnarly-looking guy on the town dock to dip some soft crabs right out of his shedding box for you. 3. Drive straight home,...

Anyone have any recommendations of the best place to buy soft shell crab online? I’ve found several, but how do I know if they’re any good or not? I’m in VT if that is any help...

Yesterday, I got a soft shell crab roll at my favorite fried seafood joint. I don’t live in soft shell crab territory, so I have eaten them less than a dozen times in my life. Every other time I’ve eaten them,...

I’ve had a great dish of soft-shell crabs w/ salt/pepper/scallions at Mandarin Kitchen, the chinese restaurant in Bloomignton. MUCH cheaper than Oceanaire, but really, really good!!

I found a place to pick up some fresh soft shell crabs. I am looking for new ideas of what to do with them. Usually I just throw them on the grill. TIA.