Crab vs lobster

[JD50]

No one's mentioned MD blue crabs, the best crabs of all. Steamed of course, not boiled you fuckin' heathens...

Winner! They're expensive as shit this year. I won't buy them, I'd rather spend a few hours out on the boat and catch them myself, then spend the afternoon drinking and picking crabs with a bunch of friends and family. Natty Boh and MD blue crabs, it's hard to beat summertime on the Chesapeake Bay.

 

[JSt0rm]

No one's mentioned MD blue crabs, the best crabs of all. Steamed of course, not boiled you fuckin' heathens...

I fucking hate those things. Clean thru the gills and shit for a tiny bit of meat with old bay dumped on it. yuke.

 

[JSt0rm]

Lobster. When done properly lobster is much better than crab, which I also love. The problem is that lobster is extremely difficult to cook properly, even tougher than properly searing a diver scallop. For those saying that lobster is tough or stringy it sounds like you've only had it over-cooked because when it is done properly there is no contest.

Sous vide lobster in butter is the bomb.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Sous vide lobster in butter is the bomb.

Sous vide does a nice job with lobster. I prefer flash steeping the lobster and then finishing it in a beurre monté, similar to what Thomas Keller does. A butter poach makes it a bit easier to control the doneness.

 

[zerocool84]

Lobster definitely over crab. Lobster Ravioli, Lobster Roll, Lobster Tail

 

[RaistlinZ]

Lobster.

I shouldn't have to fight with my food after it's dead and cooked. Crab can go f*ck itself, IMO.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I would pick crab over lobster, but crawfish is by far the best. I went to some fancy place on the coast out in Newport and had a New England Seafood Boil. They brought it out and it looked impressive, but honestly it was very bland and the seafood tasted good but lacked something. Everyone was just taking their lobster and drowning it in butter, so my opinion is that lobster is very bland and butter tastes good.


So....crawfish>crab>lobster

Shrimp is awesome too.

 

[irishScott]

Lobster hands down. More delicious meat.

This, but Crab is a close second. They're my first and second favorite foods, respectively.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

So....crawfish>crab>lobster

Shrimp is awesome too.

Yep, crayfish are better than lobster or crab. However, if you want to bring shrimp into the mix then rock shrimp>everything else, except maybe for a perfectly seared scallop.

 

[DrPizza]

Flavor... Good crab by a hair. But, you get to eat your meal with lobster. With crab, if you relied on that for sustenance, you'd die of starvation while you were busy cracking open those legs.

 

[Slew Foot]

King crab legs are great, other crabs take too much work to eat

 

[Jodell88]

I'm envious of you guys.

<- Allergic to shellfish

 

[Spydermag68]

Lobster > King crab. My wife says squat lobsters are the best she ever had over in the UK.

 

[OverVolt]

Both are excellent. I enjoy either or.

This is the guy you want to go eat with :thumbsup:

 

[AmdEmAll]

Tough question. Crab is harder to ruin, but also has less meat. I personally think a well-cooked lobster is better by a tail.

How about clams vs mussels vs oysters?

Out of those 3 mussels are the best imo..

http://www.food.com/recipe/mussels-josephine-147394

Best crab ive ever had is Florida stone crab... very expensive but oh so good

 

[Leyawiin]

I don't want to see some "identifiable" sea creature. Give me some good crab cakes and I'm happy (and its the main reason I go to Baltimore).

 

[Childs]

Crab. My favorite all time sandwich is a simple crab melt. A big lobster tail is pretty good, but then so are Alaskan King Crab legs. When I treat myself to something good I get both at Costco, and eat them with 1/2 cup of melted butter. I dont order either in a restaurant though. Crab is too messy, and lobster never seems like good value.

 

[xSauronx]

i prefer crab, but thats probably from growing up where blue crabs are gathered locally.
i dont mind picking through them...but only once a year. i prefer a crab cake or something just because picking through crabs is so much work.

 

[cabri]

No one's mentioned MD blue crabs, the best crabs of all. Steamed of course, not boiled you fuckin' heathens...

Lived on these crabs 3 months a year when stations at Pax River.

Had 3 commercial pots hanging off a dock. They would be baited in the AM and harvested in the PM.

Kids would have crab races in the kitchen waiting for the water to get ready.

 

[isekii]

Crab is more work for less payoff.

QFT. So much effort to get so little meat~ not worth it. Unless it's snowcrab, king crab, hell even dungenous crab it' not worth it imo.

 

[Dulanic]

OK, so crab legs are awesome... BUT! Nothing beats a properly done baked stuffed lobster. I lived in a craphole town in MA for 8 years and there was a place /w what I think is the best baked stuffed lobster ever. I do miss that lobster... ugggg! Now it makes me want one and I really can't get anything that quality here for sure.

 

[yuchai]

They're both very good if prepared properly, but personally I think langoustines beat both out by just a hair

 

[Don Vito Corleone]

Lobster for me, but I enjoy both quite a bit.

 

[NetWareHead]

Not a fan of crabs and the medicine which comes with that little comb.

 

[manimal]

When cooked just right I love Lobster.


When I was a kid we would go out and play on the beach in brazil and collect as many as we could bring back in the buckets. Was one of my favorite things we did when we went to the beach. So much damn work though.


My fave place here in town cracks the legs for me at the table. I am happy to let someone else do that for me