My lovely bride picked up ten pounds. We've always just steamed it and dipped it in butter, with no complaints. Is there any other way of fixing it that I should be trying?

For us, everything follows after the steaming process. Omelets, Benedict, Louie, quiche, cakes.

Lots of recipes out there, bud.

Having been blessed so many times over with crab living here dungies, king or snowcrab. You find different ways.
Crab cakes,crab salad ( my favorite),chowder soup,.your crab is cooked already and just thaw..on top of salad too.
Pretty much have O.D on butter steamed crab. Enjoy and happy new year

Thanks guys, I was hoping some Alaskans would chime in. I'll look up some recipes since you say it's worth doing.

Little Savell will be at the table with a bib on! You make sure he gets a taste!

Ugh, go back to the coyote bait idea before you do that

THIS : make sure you rinse the salt water off the shell before you do anything. Snow and king are flash frozen in a salt brine to make them last long. Always try to get the biggest clusters and legs you can find.

Basically the same as picking out a date around Red Lake.

Thank you 160, for putting it in terms I can understand.
Rinsing the salt off first probably applies too.

Not much different but I’ve boiled them instead of steamed, I stopped at the market I go to before Christmas and king legs were 125 a pound but the snow was reasonable, I can’t remember the exact price as the king leg price shocked me so much that’s about all I remember.

I lightly coat them with olive oil then throw them on a charcoal grill doesn’t take long at all baste with butter and garlic WOW now my mouth is watering !

I see my local grocery where I buy most of my seafood has snow crab clusters for $9.99/#. Cheapest I've seen In the last year. A far cry from the $4-5.99 sale prices from previous years. Might have to bite the bullet and get some.

Never had crab done on a grill. Interesting.

I would say you owe me a beer for that one…lol….

Maybe some paper towels also….