How do I cook a spider crab?

[BonsoirAnna]

In a pot of boiling water? For how long?

Try here

Thanks.

Have tried killing it with a screwdriver as suggested but the poor thing is writhing away. Grrrrrrrr.

Yikes

It is dead now. Boiling away.

DD was scared, but fascinated by it...

Phew

And of crab for supper...

I bought spider crab, sea urchins and sole for this weekend in a fit of enthusiasm . Wanted a change from chicken and veal...

Apparently according to carb and lobster hunting DH (dives so gets them sometimes), the meat is better when you put them in very cold water then bring it up to the boil. Sounds a bit cruel but he says they just pass out from the heat.

I was unaware he spoke crustacean but there you go, I've learned something.

I meant to say crab, it's me that hunts carbs - in the form of cake .