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Commonly Asked Questions About Eating and Preparing Crabs

Commonly Asked Questions About Eating and Preparing Crabs

If you’re curious about your crabs, then this blog is perfect for you.

Crabs are a popular seafood dish that people across Maryland eat essentially all year. People have many questions about crabs, like how they should be eaten, cooked, preserved, and more. If you’re curious about your crabs, then this blog is perfect for you. Read on for a few of the most commonly asked questions about eating crabs!

Which Cooking Methods Exist for Crabs

Crabs are very adaptable foods that can be cooked in all types of ways. Crabs could be boiled, roasted, steamed, and grilled too. However, here in Maryland we only steam our crabs! Although specific cooking methods are a lot more frequent than all others, like steaming crabs, these are all great methods for cooking and preparing deliciously seasoned crabs and crab legs for dinner or lunch.

How Do You Eat Crabs?

Get ready to make a mess when you eat juicy and delicious crabs. Crabs could be eaten with your hands or with dedicated crab-feast equipment like crab knives, mallets, seafood crackers, and seafood picks. What’s considered to be the most effective way to eat crabs is by removing the claws and legs before opening the entire body. Use a strategy that works the best for you to successfully access your delicious crab meat that is concealed in the interior of a crab’s hard shell for some of the best crab-eating experiences you’ll ever have.

Which Types of Crab Meat Exist?

Crab is available in many grades, like a jumbo lump, lump, claw, and back fin. Depending on the crab meat you consider using, you could prepare various seafood meals for both dinner and lunch.

Which Other Foods Could Complement Crabs?

Although crabs are wonderful, different side dishes complement their flavor. A few side dishes that pair well with crabs are salads, vegetables, coleslaw, fries, biscuits, and hush puppies. Come to Costas Inn now to try our famous steamed crabs and crab cakes!

COSTAS INN IS YOUR SEAFOOD DESTINATION FOR THE BEST CRABS IN BALTIMORE!

Costas Inn has been an area icon, slinging the best crabs in Baltimore since 1971. So here’s to 50 years, and cheers to 50 more!

You may recognize our restaurant recently featured on the Food Network with Michael Symon on Burgers, Brew, and ‘Que! We were also voted the 2015 #1 Baltimore Seafood Restaurant by USA Today and #1 Crab Restaurant 2014 in the Baltimore Business Journal. You may have also spotted Costas Inn during one of our nine appearances on the Today Show or heard one of our many interviews on WJZ TV Channel 13 with Ron Matz and Marty Bass.

You can enjoy our famous crab cakes in-house or order them online for any time eating. We also provide some of the best seafood catering in the Baltimore area! Of course, you can get your fill from Costas even when you’re not in our dining room: follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and YouTube!

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Costas Inn
5 stars - based on 699 reviews
4100 Northpoint Blvd. Baltimore , Maryland
410-477-1975 URL of Map Categories: Seafood Price Range: $$ Takes Reservations: yes
Costas Inn
5 stars - based on 695 reviews
4100 North Point Boulevard Baltimore , Maryland 21222
(410) 477-1975 URL of Map Categories: Seafood & Crabs Price Range: $$ Takes Reservations: yes