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First, you need to crack the claws the work part to get the succulent meat the fun part. Its hard to believe that something so prized as florida stone crab was once thought of as a trash species. Our stone crabs are harvested, prepared, and shipped from one location on the waters edge. He has been supplying to world famous restaurants and supplying to world famous customers.
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It is the easiest way to crush the fouling organisms that attach themselves over time to the bags. Hold the claw in the palm of your hand, using a hand towel to protect your hand. It is the perfect tool for both the weekend enthusiast or professional kitchen. The stoned crab restaurant offers key wests freshest seafood and specializes in our most famous and most delectable local seafood stone crab. The florida cracker is by far the best oyster shucker and stone crab cracker in the world.
Using the back of a metal spoon, strike the back or rounded side of the two knuckles and the claw with a quick snapping motion, with approximately the force used on a softboiled egg. Although not harvested in the abundance of the past, the big bend remains a haven for fresh seafood. Allows you to effortlessly open stone crab claws without the mess associated with using a mallet and without crushing the. Stone crab claws are one of floridas truest food bounties. Flavor with the coriander, ginger, curry, rum and 34 cup coconut milk.
Dec 11, 2010 cracking stone crab claws,this is the easy and safest way with less mess and no flying shells. Place your order online at 3059891969 for local delivery now. Especially for nativeborn locals, who know where to purchase and dine on stone crabs when the commercial fishing season starts on october 15th however, for the traveler visiting naples, knowing where to shop for stone crabs, let alone where to eat them, or choose them. Crabbers follow strict guidelines to ensure we never run out of this delicacy. Crack the stone crab claws and remove all the meat from the shell and cartilage. Crack the stonecrab claws and remove all the meat from the shell and cartilage. The majority of florida stone crab claws are commercially harvested off the southern tip of floridas peninsula from sarasota to fort lauderdale. An article from florida sportsman magazine about catching stone crabs and how to do it. Floridas southernmost chain of islands is home to a slew of seafood restaurants serving sweet stone crab along with panoramic water views. The harvest season of stone crab claws is october 15th to may 15th. Fresh florida stone crab claws delivered to your door next day. Theyre perfect for any occasion for a celebration for a romantic dinner for two or just because. For the best florida keys shrimp, lobster, stone crab and fish, trust keys fisheries. Claw cracking tips fresh florida stone crab claws order.
Located adjacent to ibis bay beach resort, the restaurant has two private fishing boats that deliver daily catches of stone crab, lobster, key west shrimp and a variety of local fish. Harrys fishing supply, promoting their nifty claw cracking tool. This cracker is called the crabmaster and it was manufactured in crystal river by a company called rodmar manufacturing. Your fresh from florida stone crab claws will come to you freshly removed from the crab which will then regenerate its clawmaking stone crab claws not only truly delicious but also truly renewable.
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