Originally Posted by
braslvr
Interesting. I have had them cooked that way once or twice, and they were terribly bland. "Washed out" we called them. Cooking the crab in salt water doesn't make them overly salty at all. In fact, many folks choose to either lightly salt the crab meat or dip in salted butter or mayo after cooking. To each their own.
Maybe it depends on how fresh your crab is. When you caught it the day you cook it, excessively salty water ruins the actual crab flavor. Of course, some people just like really salty food - we don't.