Ingredients

Easy Cocktail Sauce, if desired

4

quarts water

16

live hard-shell blue crabs

Preparation

Make Cocktail Sauce.

Heat water to boiling in stockpot or canner. Drop 4 crabs at a time into water. Cover and heat to boiling; reduce heat to low. Simmer 10 minutes; drain. Repeat with remaining crabs.

Follow directions for How to Eat Crabmeat. Serve with Cocktail Sauce.