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Cleaning and Picking Meat from a Crab: How to Pick Crabs

From , former About.com Guide

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Opening the Body
Open the body

Open the body

Holly A. Heyser

Now it's time to open the body. Wedge your thumbs on opposite sides of the body as shown, then pull the top of the crab away from the bottom of the crab.

There will be all sorts of icky-looking stuff in there. Start cleaning it by grabbing the front end of the crab and pinching away the whole thing.

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