Mole Crabs

Alright, so I've never really eaten these before. But my friends are Filipino and their grandparents loved to cook these while camping. As kids we just loved to catch them and play with them. Thats it. But now watching recipes on Youtube, they look good to eat. Here's a video of how to catch and preparation of mole crabs.

Looks good!!!

 

Hmm....interesting the things you can find on youtube these days, lol, more rare NOT to be able to find something it seems. I've had tons of different kinds of crabs but I don't think I've ever had mole either. I'd be interested to try them though .

 

I haven't tried them yet, but I'm up for it. I guess you dip it in some batter and deep fry it. Maybe add some butter garlic sauce and that's it.

 

That does look pretty interesting! I asked my husband (the Chef) about whether he had ever heard of eating these. He said that his dad used to catch them on the beach in Florida using a kind of strainer with a longer handle, and scoop them up as the waves carried them along out of the sand.

Apparently, they also make good fishing bait, because he said that most of the bait and tackle shops on theFlorida coast carry them. We used to get the live crawfish, and instead of cleaning them like this video showed, Bobby would put them in a pan of salted water, and it literally purged everything out of the crawfish. This method would probably also work with the mole crabs.

Shrimp and crawfish are often used in gumbo, and I bet these little fellas would be great cooked and eaten in a gumbo, too!!

 

We use to catch them when I was a kid. But that was just for fun. We used the same technique as the ones in the first video. The only way they can maneuver through the sand is when it is saturated with water. Thats why they come up when the wave hits. We would grab them and throw them on the dry sand. They are immobilized cause the sand is dry. Can't dig into the dry sand.