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Its a crab with a soft shell.

Shit's good in a sandwich, OP.

>>8164547
This, I haven't had a soft shell crab sandwich in years but they are fucking AMAZING when done right

Where can I find these in the US?

>>8164624
Well its more of a seasonal thing because you have to get the crab just after it molts, but blue crabs are traditionally the ones used for soft shell, so Va beach/Maryland, North Carolina, Louisiana, coastal areas like that would be your best bet.

>>8164624

I live in Vegas and these are relatively abundant.

Vegas isn't bad for seafood, given that they ship this shit in by the metric fuckload every day.

do.. do i eat the entire thing?

like it's one big chicken patty?

Shit is fucking delicious.

Best soft shell crab I've ever hard was in Koh Chang.

>>8165683
Yes

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Crab - Shell = Bug

so you eat the shell? the innards, the nervous system, everything?

>>8164521
fucking disgusting

>>8165706
kys

>>8164624
Extremely rare unless you live on the coasts. Even then they are pretty seasonal.
If Midwest you are basically SOL.

>>8165704
everything but the spine.

>>8165704
They cut off the face and rip out its gills before they cook it.

>>8164521

The concept of this seems delicious. Does it taste as delicious as it looks and sounds? This seems like some Homer Simpson type stuff .

>>8165940
They're delicious and great in sushi rolls as well.

>>8165712
The Great Lakes would like to have a word with you...

>>8164521
did a mouse wakeboard through that sauce?

>>8166160
I'm not exactly sure why, but I had a sensible chuckle over this post.

>>8164521
Read that in Seinfelds voice

>>8165712
Wrong. I used to get them in Indy quite often at a big Asian grocery store

>>8164521

All the deliciousness of crab with none of the pain in the ass excavating from shells.

>>8168641
If this for dungeness crabs.....*drools*

>>8169471
kys

It's just crab. Everyone knows that crab is the best-tasting sea creature.

>>8164624
>Where can I find these in the US?
Eastern seaboard, mid-atlantic, florida, and gulf coast states. Seasonal item. The crabs shed their shell (molting) and the new soft one doesn't harden for a couple of days. So, the ability to get a crab without the shell is kind of a rare item you'll see in a crab pot occasionally (since the vulnerable crab isn't really eating, but rather hiding out til his shell is hard.