Originally Posted by
corky
I have always thought that shellfish gets tough when it is boiled and should be cooked gently--steamed. Shrimp can also be oven roasted (my preferred way). I guess that hasn't been your experience.
100% standard method for Dungeness crab here is boiling in salt water. All the local places that sell cooked crab do it that way. Ideally in clean seawater, but salted water is fine. Not tough at all. Remember, you're cooking the whole crab intact.
