Food & Drink Crab vs Lobster - which one tastes better?

[Versez]

*unzips*

@lsa

 

[Streeter]

Grew up crabbing on a dock. Poor people dinner.
Spend all day with a rope, crab pot, and some chicken necks. End of the day with a bushel.
Steam the crabs and some sweet corn. Dump em on some old newspaper. Hang with the family picking crabs and drinking cheap beer.



Also….not much is better than a true Md blue crab cake.

When we got em once a week my mom would pick every crab just to make crab cakes. Sadly rbey alwaya had at least a few shells in em but good. Resl good. The crab soup we made was really good too. Lived in Cape st Claire like a few blocks from the bay.

 

[Flower2dPeople]

Lucky bastard.

 

[Osculater]

@lsa

 

[lsa]

@lsa

Stop tagging me

 

[Harry Dresden]

Needs a poll. Lobster.

 

[Adamant]

Good lord that's a lot of lobster

They actually give you your money's worth. I went to a number of other lobster places and the rolls were similar price but you'd get maybe 1/2 the amount. And it was never quite as good.

 

[TankAbbott4Eva]

I'm referring specifically to the meat itself

For me it's crab legs although I do like lobster just not as much

Crab with lemon and melted butter = wow

Agreed on crab, I find lobster a bit overrated tbh, I'd prefer prawns (shrimp to those from the US)

 

[Thy]

I love both for different reasons. Crab gunk in the body is soo good. The meat in the arms and legs is super sweet but annoying how hard it is to get a good bite unless it's a king crab. Lotsa work for small but good rewards.

Lobsters, the best meat is in small bits and folds in the body/head area. But again tiny annoying bites. The body gunk is not bad but not as good as crabs. But u get huge nice bites of meat that are more firm so it feels good to bite into.

Overall i'd pick lobster most of the time cause i'm a fatty, unless it's unlimited king crab or i'm rich enough to get tons of king crab and have a chef cool the smaller crabs for me so i can get that delicious gunk in the body. But it's about my mood overall i'd say.

 

[Thy]

Good lord that's a lot of lobster

Was this bar i used to go to that made 9 lb lobsters for like 50-60 bucks. Was wonderful for my fat ass.

 

[BoogerDawson]

I like huge jumbo prawns (deveined of course) best.

Then, Dungeness crab.

Lobster is OK, but not prefer crab.

 

[Kona Bear]

Dungeness.

 

[Zyklon R]

I love both for different reasons. Crab gunk in the body is soo good. The meat in the arms and legs is super sweet but annoying how hard it is to get a good bite unless it's a king crab. Lotsa work for small but good rewards.

Lobsters the best meat is in small bits and folds in the body/head area. But again tiny annoying bites. The body gunk is not bad but not as good as crabs. But u get huge nice bites of meat that are more firm so it feels good to bite into.

Overall i'd pick lobster most of the time cause i'm a fatty, unless it's unlimited king crab or i'm rich enough to get tons of king crab and have a chef cool the smaller crabs for me so i can get that delicious gunk in the body. But it's about my mood overall i'd say.

What is the gunk in the body

 

[Thy]

What is the gunk in the body

They call is crab mustard or crab innards or crab butter, or kani miso, or tomalley

 

[Lethal]

Addicted to both, but I give the slight nod to lobster. Sometimes I’m just too lazy to do all the work, snow crab is usually fine but Dungeness is too much.

 

[Spounman]

I like crab, I'm not a big fan of Lobster

 

[Zyklon R]

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They call is crab mustard or crab innards or crab butter, or kani miso, or tomalley

I have heard of the tomalley but never tried it before

 

[Satur9]

Crab. I find lobster to be overrated, and less forgiving to cook perfectly. Price to enjoyment is askew

 

[Thy]

I have heard of the tomalley but never tried it before

It's not for everyone, but extremely addictive and sooo good if ur into it. Really rich flavour, slight funk, like somewhere in between sea urchin and lobster roe. but not really? I dunno how to explain it. If ur into things like liver and hearts you'll prolly love it, if ur not u prolly won't? I dunno haha. I l like it when it's cooked with a ton of seasoning in the shell still. fry it with butter and garlic n stuff.

 

[UberHere]

Lobster roll all day

Then blue crab, lobster tail, all other crab