EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

Danielle and yers truely went to one of our little "honeyholes" this mornin and dinged out almost 5 dozen in 3hours.

Goin to my parents house for memorial day to hang out with  family and friends to throw some washers, drink abuncha adult beverages, boiled crawfish and now bar b q crabs........gonna be a good day!

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"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

Got some Bigguns ...

This biggest i measure was the one front an center.......tip of horn to tip of horn was 10", i dont think we had to measure but 8-10 of em. Most were 7-8"

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"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

nice  ;D

you sir are holding out, i would kill for some blue crabs rolleyes

That sure does sound good!  You live by the coast?

I'm jealous. I've been dying to go crabbing. Nice haul.

My wife owns a seafood restaurant, and that don't look like nothing buy work to me, lol. Done broke way too many crabs !!!!

Yep, bout 40minutes to the gulf of mexico from my front door.


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

I may have a bag or two for ya'll........


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

 Thanks Justin. You and Danielle are too sweet.

man crabs sound good right about now

Sometimes punctuation is sure needed....ha ha

You said "man crabs"  ;D

 :D   :D

They have drugs to cure the crabs. Be carefull what ask for.  ;D

Man crabs.....woman crabs............they all taste the same with a little bar b q seasoning lol


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

Dont tell everyone, you'll ruin my bad reputation lol.


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

nice! ;D

Justin,  you mention Bar B Que crabs, how do you cook them? I'm a Cajun born and raised in south Louisiana and I only boil them in crab boil seasoning. Bar B Que crabs sounds interesting, tell me how you fix em.

Here ya go Justin!

2 dozen, Q'd up
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Don't know what happened

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your tapatalk is messing up sir

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Sorry didn't see it jimco.
BBQ crabs are nothing more than seasoning. They were originated in Sabine Pass by the old man who started Sartins. My wife got her recipe when she bought her restaurant.  I had no clue until she bought this place almost 7 years ago.  I thought they were actually BBQ'd. It's all seasoning !!!!!!! They are actually fried, and not put on a pit! She got people that drive a couple hours just for the BBQ crabs. They love them!

Pretty simple believe it or not, i use either "fiesta barbq crab seasoning" or "texjoy bar b q crab seasoning".....i prefer fiesta.

I'll give you a quick rundown on how i do it.....may not be right but zero complaints in almost 10yrs cookin em on my own lol. I cook mine on the same propane burner that i use for crawfish but i use a fish fryin' pot with a strainer basket. I use vegetable oil and pour it 4.5-5.5" deep. I try to get my oil to hold between 310-330F.....alotta recipes call for the grease to be at 350F but its just too dang hot for me. I cook mine for 3.5-5 minutes dependin on the batch. When they start floating i give em another minute or so then pull em out......they cook QUICK, it will surprise you at how fast the whole process is.

1. pop the top shell off,  gut and remove the gills then split em in half right down the middle........i said this was simple but if someone has never done it before it may be hard to follow.....im goin again in a day or two and ill try to remember to take some pictures of the process.......

2. Toss em in the sink and rinse em good in cold water.....,,,

3. Get some 1 gallon ziplock bags and toss the wet crabs in the bag.....

4. Add seasoning to the bags, seal em and shake em up real good.......i tend to go crazy with the seasoning but it ends up being a pain if you are plannin on cookin 5 or more dozen in the Same grease due to the fact that the excess seasoning that doesn't stick to the crab builds up in the bottom of the pot and ruins the grease.

5. I put 6-10 crab 1/2's in the basket at a time and drop em in for 3 to 5mins.

5. Throw em some paper towels let em drain a couple minutes and dig in!!!

Hope this helps, let me know if u have anymore ?'s




"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

Good Deal, I'm going to cook me some soon as I can. Thanks

Very tasty... Try to make a crab soup too

Thanks for hookin a sista up!  ;D  You and Danielle rock! Cooked some for lunch and they were awesome!

Dinah, your always cooking something good, I wanna come hunt with you and mr James. We will bring enchilada pie and a big ol buttermilk chess pie and y'all cook some blackberry cobbler and whatever else you want!!

Glad ya liked em!


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

T Bob, you are welcome to come make a hunt. But we better do all that eatin afterwards or we will all be too slow and sleepy to hunt.  ;D

 ..... oh, and T Bob, how did you know that  buttermilk pie is one of my favorites?  :)

I didn't, but it's one of my favorites and my philosophy is cool something you enjoy, if nobody else likes it, that's more for you!

   thanks man ;D

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Justin, how did your crabs turn out for memorial day ?  I was going to try cooking up some like you said but the wife wanted barbeque
instead. Might get some crabs next time I'm off. I will have to come up with my own seasoning though. Can't locate the Fiesta Barbeque
Crab seasoning around south Louisiana.

Zachs makes some too. You oughta be able to find zachs.

Well 4dzn were gonna in under 45mins lol so they musta been perty good lol, i was too busy cookin crawfish to stop n eat em......pm me your address and i'll send u some tex joy crab bar b q if you'd like.


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

Never tried zach's ill try to find it.


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland

Goin again in the mornin, i'll try to remember to take pics of the cleaning process and post pics.......


"the sun is shining somewhere in texas" -Jason Boland