Bad Crab? Mystery solved on p3

So are you saying that it doesn't matter if you boil it with or without the body intact?

The toxin isn't affected by heat, so boiling doesn't make tainted crab safe.  But, I guess if the toxin is concentrated in the vicera and you boil the meat with the vicera, the toxin can spread to the meat?

I think I can finally answer my own question. The culprit was... the lemon butter!

Here is the full story: after the incidents of feeling ill, I went crabbing at HMB and ate my catch with no ill effects, which convinced me my body is OK with crab in general. Then I went back to Linda Mar and had no issues with those crabs, which indicated the Linda Mar area isn't the problem. Then I remembered that both times I felt ill I had used some lemon butter I'd been keeping in the fridge for a long time. 

From my perspective the crabs have been absolved of all guilt and are very much back on the menu. 

Mystery solved. I knew it was the damn butter... (Jk)


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So the moral of the story is to boil your lemon butter longer.