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(#2) Crab
Ways to Eat It: Steamed crab, lump crab, whole crab, crab legs, crab claws, crab cake, crab bisque, soft-shell crab, deep-fried crab, crab dip, crab soup, crab rangoon, etc.
Pros: Good hot or cold. Cracking and pulling tiny slivers of meat out of a crab carcass really feels like an accomplishment.
Cons: The sale of "lump crabmeat" is a scam. Also, crab bodies are very spiny and can really bloody up your fingers and knuckles if you are not careful.
Bonus: If you have a favorite kind of crab, an easy way to let the world know is to visit this list of the best crabs to eat. -
(#12) Cuttlefish
Ways to Eat It: Pan-fried, poached, grilled, baked, cut into rings if you want - and the ink is commonly used in pasta and rice dishes.
Pros: Pretty much the same as a squid. Do you like squid?
Cons: Small, precarious, and full of ink, the cuttlefish (or "sepia") is messy and difficult to clean and cook, which means it is usually costs a little more.
Just for Fun: Here is full National Geographic documentary about cuttlefish camouflage. Go ahead, take a 53-minute break from your life to watch the show! -
(#10) Langoustine
Ways to Eat It: The same ways that you would eat a few very, very expensive shrimp.
Pros: Pale orange, narrow, and delicate, the langoustine is like a sexy little lobster.
Cons: The Latin name of this animal is Nephrops norvegicus, which means Norwegian kidney eye. Also, a May 2015 article in Bon Appetit magazine named langoustines "the new foie gras." Oh, brother. -
(#8) Mussel
Ways to Eat Them: Steamed, boiled, smoked, roasted, barbecued, fried, etc.
Pros: You can just get the moules frites.
Cons: Well, none, really, except that there are never enough do you know what I'm saying? -
(#11) Octopus
Ways to Eat It: Grilled, fried, boiled, steamed, raw, roasted, hot, chilled, adult, baby, dead, or even alive!Pros: Great, how fun. It's a little octopus. There are its little suckers.
Cons: Real talk: Octopuses are really, really smart. In captivity, they have learned how to solve problems over time, remembered and interacted with favored human handlers, liked to be "pet," and even played with toys (rather than instinctively eaten or rejected them as food). Continued research shows that an octopus has cognition far beyond that of any other invertebrate - which might include knowing that it is being eaten alive. (A nice, fun book with lots of octopus science facts & anecdotes is The Soul of the Octopus by Sy Montgomery.)
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(#4) Scallop
Ways to Eat Them: Seared, smoked, other ways.
Pros: Sometimes it is a bunch of little scallops, and sometimes it is like one big scallop. You can buy packages of very small frozen ones at Trader Joe's.
Cons: All scallops have dozens of tiny, disgusting eyeballs, and they look like this.
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The definition of seafood can be considered basic, as long as it is produced in the Sea of edible animal, or plant-based raw materials generally known as seafood. Among them, shellfish (clams, scallops, etc.) and arthropods (shrimps, crabs, etc.) contain relatively high levels of purines, and seafood such as beer drinking and eating is more likely to suffer from gout. Hainan is blessed with a unique marine ecological environment, and its seawater is pollution-free and clean, Sanya seafood is famous for its “fresh and delicious, various kinds and natural health”.
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