mitten crabs

Aren't mitten crabs edible like their very expensive cousins in China - also known as "Shanghai hairy crab"?

I don't know if they're cousins.  I think they're the same ones.  That's the reason I want to find some. 

I saw some travel show episodes where they were featured.  Now I want to try some. 

Yo Nate.  Are you talking about the Travel Channel episode of "No Reservations" where Anthony Bourdain goes to China in search of this rare hairy crab delicacy that's worth something like $40 a crab?

Yo Nate.  Are you talking about the Travel Channel episode of "No Reservations" where Anthony Bourdain goes to China in search of this rare hairy crab delicacy that's worth something like $40 a crab?

YUUUUUUUUUUP    You want to bring the turkey fryer and help me eat them into oblivion? 

I had the frog wombs in Beijing
not bad

I passed on the sheep's penises

i hate mitten crabs. we were sturgeon/striper fishing by Clarksburg
just a couple months ago and they kept stealing our bait and we pulled up atleast 5 of them

Mitten crabs can carry some type of parasite and it was recommended not to eat them. I don't  remember the details.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011115072138.htm