How to eat crabs? Which parts of crabs cannot be eaten?

Crabs are nutritious and delicious seafood ingredients. They are usually suitable for eating after steaming. However, after steaming, many people don’t know how to eat the whole crabs. Today, I will teach you a few tips on how to eat crabs, and also let you know which parts of crabs are not edible.

How to eat with pictures

1. When eating crabs, you should first cut off the crab's eight legs and two large claws, and let it cool down naturally. At this time, its meat will automatically separate from the crab shell, and then you can slowly poke out the meat inside, or you can directly suck it in.

2. Remove the crab belly and a small piece of it, then open the crab shell, eat the crab meat on the crab shell first, then use a small spoon to scoop out the crab stomach in the middle, and eat the crab roe wrapped around it.

3. After eating the crab roe, eat the crab body. At this time, you should break it into two halves with your hands so that you can directly see the filamentous crab meat inside. After taking out the crab meat, you can eat it directly.

Which parts can't be eaten

1. Crab gills

When eating crabs, you must pay attention to the two rows of soft things growing on the crab's abdomen called crab gills. They are used to filter water and are very dirty, so you must not eat them.

2. Crab intestines

The crab intestines are also not edible. They are the organs that the crab uses to excrete waste. When you peel away the crab roe, you can see a black thing. You can just remove it. The crab stomach is also not edible. It is a triangular thing inside the crab roe. You can see it at a glance when you eat the crab roe. You can just remove it and then eat the crab roe.

3. Crab heart

The heart of the crab is also not edible. It is a hexagonal substance in the middle of the crab's abdomen where the yellow paste is thickest. It should be removed before eating. After removing these inedible parts, the remaining parts are the crab meat and crab roe, which are delicious foods that people can enjoy without worry.