Snow crab
Chionoecetes opilio · Seafood
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Snow crab is the sweet, delicate, snowy-white meat of a cold-water crab with extraordinarily long, slender legs — sold almost entirely as cooked-and-frozen leg clusters that crack open to release fine, faintly sweet strands of flesh. Its mild, clean sweetness and easy-to-pick legs have made it one of the most popular crabs of the North Atlantic and North Pacific.
Picking a good onedrag
Just landed, legs kickingOff: dead, limp, ammonia smell
LivelyBuy itCook it to 145°F (63°C). Freshwater crab can carry lung fluke: never eat it raw, pickled or salted.
Touch a legLegs move freely when touched
SmellMild and briny
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