One more fave of prepping blue crabs is always to dunk them inside of a bucket of ice water for about 5 - 10 minutes. It puts them to sleep and anesthetizes them. We use rubber gloves to rip off the backs and it kills them quickly.I am able to pick up a 1 pound can of freshly packed crab from my grocer’s fish monger. I will use 50 % for this reci