Now that's putting the cart before the horse,
WE HAVE TO CATCH THE CRABS FIRST!
CLAW DADDIES to BLUE COATS
Blue Crab Season Oct. 05 to Sept. 24
Crabs, Crabs everywhere and now Oh what do I do?
Stone Crab Season Arrives
Oct. 15 to May 15
Well, it’s that time of year again with the open season; lasts from Oct. 15 to May 15 here in Florida, of those big orange and black pincers stuffed with sweet, succulent white meat to begin reappearing on menus and in marketplaces everywhere, known as Stone Crab Claws. Besides being tasty, claws are a guilt-free way to enjoy Florida seafood for these lucky little crustaceans doesn’t normally die when their claws are taken off. After the crabs are pulled up from traps, crabbers harvest the legal claws (which must be at least 23/4 inches long) and throw the oval-shaped crab back into the water, where they are free to reproduce and grow new claws. Stone crabs may regenerate new pincers three of four times during their lives. Although it is legal to take both claws if they meet the required length, I don't recommend the practice as it greatly reduces the crab's chances for survival; think about it, how does it eat or defend itself with no claws but we are getting ahead of ourselves. You have but three choices to enjoy these wonderful treats of nature. Visit your favorite haunt and order a steaming plate full, purchase them already cooked at the neighborhood grocery store/fish monger or catch them yourselves. At prices varying from $9.95 to $15.00 a pound, I’ll elect a night on the pier fishing for them. READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE!
No comments:
Post a Comment