This weekend we were inspired to create a couple meals almost entirely from our creek. I made a little post about it along with how we like to prepare our food. We do it simply and healthy and no doubt are not as fancy as many but it works for us.
There is nothing better!
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Nice. Best gal and myself caught about 10lbs of shrimp on Saturday and ahve been feasting on it since.
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I’m on board with everything accept for the boiling part. Though not the preferred cooking method, I can live with boiled shrimp but I can’t bring myself to boil crabs.
Do yourself a favor, save some water, and steam them next time.
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Clients caught a nice flounder and left it with me. Hate it when they have a plane to catch and and make me bring home fish, NOT/
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Never tried that archer. Why are you so against boiling crab? Just curious
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I grew up on steamed crabs and shrimp in Maryland. The first time I went to a friend’s house down here (in Summerville actually) to eat some crabs, he boiled them. One, I didn’t like having to drain the crab before I got into picking it (crab picking is messy enough without all of the extra water) and two, to be honest, I simply didn’t like the flavor (he used Crab Boil) or the texture of the meat. I felt it truly tasted watered down.
I asked him to let me steam some for him and from that day forward, I was invited to every crab picking he had. Granted, it was just so I could steam his crabs for him but my payment was all the beer I could drink and all the crabs I could eat. I’d call that a pretty good trade.
Quantities vary with the size of cooking vessel but all you need is a little water, a little white vinegar, some of your favorite beer (I prefer a pilsner for steaming crabs), and some Old Bay (in the water and on the crabs). Add the crab in layers (belly down) and after each layer, dowse with a healthy coating of Old Bay between each layer. Steam for 12-15 minutes and enjoy.
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Thanks man I’ll try that next time
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When I was a kid we went to Cherry Grove for a week each summer. Myself and my two cousins would seine the brackish water behind the house we rented for crab and shrimp during low tide. Once the tide starting to come in we would take the smaller shrimp and hike to the pier down the street and catch all the fish we could.
We did this everyday of the week we were there and had several suppers from our catch. Those were some good times that I will never forget. I still crab when my family comes to Edisto each year but we purchase the shrimp from the local markets. Just can’t let go of the kid inside me!
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Originally posted by OptikerThanks man I’ll try that next time
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Anytime!! Let me know what you think.
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Originally posted by TommyAWhen I was a kid we went to Cherry Grove for a week each summer. Myself and my two cousins would seine the brackish water behind the house we rented for crab and shrimp during low tide. Once the tide starting to come in we would take the smaller shrimp and hike to the pier down the street and catch all the fish we could.
We did this everyday of the week we were there and had several suppers from our catch. Those were some good times that I will never forget. I still crab when my family comes to Edisto each year but we purchase the shrimp from the local markets. Just can’t let go of the kid inside me!
That’s great stuff, thanks for sharing 
The cool thing about castnetting for shrimp and even fishing is that it makes us all feel like kids again, doesn’t it?
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I’m just trying to feel like my wife says I act on a daily basis.
Earn it everyday
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.
Never shoot a large caliber man with a small caliber bullet.
Boiling them makes them mushy. I prefer to steam. Just dump some old bay over the top of them before you steam them.
x3 on steaming, also grew up in MD feeding off the bay. If you’re ever in West Ashley area, stop in Don’s Seafood on 17 and pick up a bag or two of their seasoning blend (and live crabs as well!). I like the “hot” that is actually labeled for boil, I stay away from the garlic blends, overpowering. As a note, the tablespoon of vinegar in the steam water helps to release the meat from the shell and easier to pick/peel. When possible, I like to use saltwater from the creek/river. Let it hit a good rolling boil (under a rack to hold crabs above) and then put the crabs/shrimp in with seasoning as noted above and cover to steam for 20 - 25 mins. You’ll be surprised by the sweetness of the meat in the first couple crabs you eat. The crabs are messier to pick with the seasoning all over them but I actually love that - I scrape some off to dip the meat in. My wife says I like the seasoning more than the crab, and the crab is just a vehicle for the seasoning. She’s probably right, goes well with cold beer!
In lieu of vinegar, a good friend of mine uses pickle juice. Tasty.
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Originally posted by Optiker[quote]Originally posted by TommyA
The cool thing about castnetting for shrimp and even fishing is that it makes us all feel like kids again, doesn’t it?
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Yep, I remember down in Florida with Dad while he was seining he got me a 3’ net to throw. Then again I remember many trips with Mom and Dad to what is now the Burnt trestle across Broad river. He’d fish off the trestle, Mom would crab, and I’d throw the cast net to get shrimp to eat and for bait. I’d occasionally get a trout, many mullet, crabs, some spot, spot tail, and what I still call “choffer” and everyone else calls them Pen fish. They got eaten. Forgot about all the sail cat fish we caught around that area fishing at night.
Back to the crab thing, I was raised up on boiling them whole. I never carried much for them. Now I love them cleaned first and steamed, or put on a pan covered in old bay and broiled in the oven.
I like to clean the crabs live. before I either steam or boil them…cooks quicker.
just don’t look at their eyes when you pop their backs off…
I grew up on boiled crabs. Don’t overcook then and there is no better. Cook the stew, add the crabs for 8 minutes, then the shrimp for 2-3 minutes, then slap your grandma. If it is not great, you did something wrong.
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I like them boiled or steamed…steaming more often the last few years. If you can find a product called Savannah Spice try it instead of old bay. A much better flavor to me. Use a Budweiser or two for the liquid…slap all the mamas! I shell mine live, too; but that’s just how I was taught.