Edible things in my sea.

[Niels]

it depends on local fishing regs, for the uk the regs are on the tide timetable. for anything even slightly worth it i would go for a carapice [body] above 10cm personally.

Shore crabs that are near me grow 9 centimeters max. But I'll go ahead and give it a try anyway. I've made one of these http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13958&p=185607#post185607 and once I've tried it (assuming that I catch something)I'll upload some pictures.

 

[xylaria]

Shore crabs that are near me grow 9 centimeters max. But I'll go ahead and give it a try anyway. I've made one of these http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13958&p=185607#post185607 and once I've tried it (assuming that I catch something)I'll upload some pictures.

I ate a green shore crab for the first time this year, the colour went a pretty bright red when cooked, it had a much stronger flavour than the larger edible crab do. it was worth the fiddling for such a small thing but it was big for its species.

 

[Niels]

I ate a green shore crab for the first time this year, the colour went a pretty bright red when cooked, it had a much stronger flavour than the larger edible crab do. it was worth the fiddling for such a small thing but it was big for its species.

Was the thing bigger than 9 centimeters?

 

[xylaria]

Was the thing bigger than 9 centimeters?

It was about 9cms across. It was big for shore crab.

 

[Niels]

It was about 9cms across. It was big for shore crab.

How did you cook it? Like The big Lebowski said, in seawater?

 

[Fraxinus]

Regarding smaller shore crabs the recipe given in Edible Seashore by John Wright in the River Cottage Handbook series for Bisque (soup) makes good sense. You get all the flavour and goodness from the crabs with little fuss or fiddly work. An adaptation of the recipe (using what was available) would make for a nice supper when camping out by the sea.