Safeway and Fred Meyer's have sales on Alaskan King Crab and local crab frequently during the winter. If your parents are not from the NW, they'll flip out for crab legs that cost $35 a plate at a restaurant back home. The crab legs come pre-cooked when you buy them in the store, but serving them at home is an adventure in itself and eating them is silly, messy fun.
Buy metal crab crackers, crab legs, butter for melting, and a mega-pack of paper towels at the store. At home, all you need to do is reheat the crab legs in the oven or boil them. Now it's crackin' time! It is great fun watching everyone make an absolute fool of themselves as they mangle and pry at the legs to get at the sweet, sweet meat inside.
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Butter. Be prepared to eat a lot of it |
One last word of advice: don't skimp when buying. Family feuds over that last crab leg can be ugly.