The best way to eat fresh cooked crab is lightly sauteed with butter, garlic, salt and pepper. We go crabbing in Waldport Bay, Oregon every year. 3 boats and a big competition to see who brings in the most and the biggest! We have the crabbing boat rental folks boil up the crab for us and then we take it back to our campsite, crack those beasties open, pull out the flesh and have dinner. The youngest amongst us, now 8 years old gets ALL the crab hearts to eat. She absolutely loves them!

Crab meat is also really, really good for crab tacos. Lime, salsa, tortillas, cheese and good company, not much better than that!