What causes mushy crab meat

Took a compressor and blew out the lines and then had a good hard flame. When I was ready to serve them I placed them.

Jul 10 2008 1 Folks Im new here and what a great site.

What causes mushy crab meat. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushy. Either the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat down prior to steaming. Find out everything you need to know about it.

When the meat becomes mushy it is a strong indication that bacteria was able to grow at a rapid rate over cooking was not your problem crabs may have been harvested in polluted water or like tat said freezing them will expand the moisture. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat.

From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat. In my last trip out 6 out of 10 was empty and they tend to turn mushy then.

Overcooked tends to dry the meat undercooked it more gel like than mushy. Dont suspect its the fault of the cook. Im the only crab eater out of the family but the deckie Mrs loves catching them.

I boiled in salted water LIVE crabs I caught myself just until red definitely not overcooked them 10 minutes at the most. Drained them right away and cooled them. Cleaned them refrigerated them till completely cold then froze for 2 weeks.

When I was ready to serve them I placed them. Start date Jul 10 2008. Messages 2 Location Barnegat.

Jul 10 2008 1 Folks Im new here and what a great site. There are times when I steam crabs and the meat is soft and mushy. Does that mean they are over or under cooked.

Jack1747 Crabn is a way. Also you need to have the water boiling moving had a buddy cook up some crabs couldnt get the flame kicking on the steamer the crabs took forever to turn redmeat was mushy. Turned out he had moisture in his propane line.

Took a compressor and blew out the lines and then had a good hard flame. Hope this helps Soggy. The Centre for Food Safety CFS reminds the public that consuming raw or undercooked crabs increases the risk of developing foodborne illnesses.

When a person consumes raw or undercooked crabs infected with lung fluke the parasite may migrate from the intestines to the lung causing paragonimiasis. Why is my crab meat mushy. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat.

From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushy. Either the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat down prior to steaming. I had some crabs that I steamed and ate 1 right out of the steamer.

The one thing that we here at Crab-O-Licious stress is. Dead crab are BAD crab. While blue crab can be slushed in ice water and packed belly down but NOT placed directly on ice in order to keep them alive but dormant for a couple of days.

Dungeness King Crab and Snow Crab. The main cause of a mushy meatloaf is too much bread and milk for the amount of meat. To fix the issue try reducing the amount of bread and milk by half.

Another fix is to double the amount of meat. If your recipe does not use bread and milk read on for other ideas to solve your problem. From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushyEither the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat.

From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushy. Either the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat down prior to steaming. How do you clean crabs before cooking.

When a person consumes raw or undercooked crabs infected with lung fluke the parasite may migrate from the intestines to the lung causing paragonimiasis. The initial signs and symptoms may be diarrhoea and abdominal pain. Symptoms include severe diarrhoea and vomiting which may lead to dehydration.

From my experience there are two things that cause crab meat to become mushy. Either the crabs were over cooked or the crabs died and the bacteria began breaking the meat down prior to steaming. Considering this how do you soften crab legs.

Snow crab legs can be cooked a variety of ways including steaming boiling and grilling. Sometimes oversteaming or -boiling the crab.