{"id":16429,"date":"2025-05-22T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/?p=16429"},"modified":"2025-06-16T12:33:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:33:05","slug":"boiled-hard-crabs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncseagrant.ncsu.edu\/mariners-menu\/boiled-hard-crabs\/","title":{"rendered":"Boiled Hard Crabs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
Season and salt water according to seasoning package directions. Bring to rolling boil. Place crabs in water. Cover and boil until crabs reach an internal temperature of 158\u00b0 F and remain there for at least 1 minute, about 15 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Contributed by\u00a0<\/a>Joyce Taylor<\/a> \u00a0From:\u00a0Mariner\u2019s Menu: 30 Years of Fresh Seafood Ideas<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n Mariner’s Menu shares Boiled Hard Crabs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":16430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"displayCategoryID\":15,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[96,15,98,215,138],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crab","category-mariners-menu","category-shellfish","category-spring","category-striped-bass"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":15,"name":"Mariner's Menu","slug":"mariners-menu","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":15,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":391,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":""},"yoast_head":"\n\n DID YOU KNOW?
In NC, it is\u00a0illegal<\/a>\u00a0to possess immature female crabs at any time.\u00a0 Females can spawn up to 3 million eggs!
Erika Young, Coastal and Marine Education Specialist<\/strong><\/a>\n <\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"