I've had both, and both fresh (caught myself). Dungeness are a lot sweeter, and a lot easier to pick. As I already mentioned, by far my favorite crab.

They're pretty expensive if you buy them. I don't know how that compares to blue crabs...

Man, Karl, making me miss Alaska. Shucking 12 big Dungies is a labor of love.
Good Job!
Now you need to run a few of those over to Chuck and trade him for an elk steak!

Did you take a boat out?

Yeah, I was out puttering around in my beaver boat. Chuck is too stingy to give up any elk for crab, Claims he don't like crab.

$10/# aint that far away from 93% hamburger!! Or here our hometown locker gets $35/# for dry-aged ribeye!
But then youre paying for shell too.

Blue crab needs old bay to be palatable,,,,,,, dungies don’t…

Dungy's are getting full right now, still lack a little bit. I weighed the meat from my first crab and it came in at just under a half lb. That is from a crab that measured 5.5 inches across the back.

Congrats

We don't have those crabs in MN. I've often wondered, what part of the crab do you eat, just the claws?

The claws, the legs and body all have good meat on the dungeons crabs. The last joint on a leg makes for a great picker to help clean them. Looks like Carl boiled or steamed them whole, there are people that clean then cook also.

wws

I've done it both ways but to me the meat has more flavor when cooked whole before cleaning.

Dungeness crab is one seafood I cannot abide!! Just tastes nasty. Oysters take second place on my “do not like” list. Everything else tastes great!.

How about boiled soft-shell clams in yogurt?


(Inside joke)