{"id":587,"date":"2006-12-26T17:07:18","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T17:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=587"},"modified":"2006-12-26T17:07:18","modified_gmt":"2006-12-26T17:07:18","slug":"i_got_crabs_in_hong_kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/i_got_crabs_in_hong_kong\/","title":{"rendered":"I got crabs in Hong Kong!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to two friends, I got to try Shanghai Hairy Crabs for the first time. Homemade no less! So, yes, this was my first time sucking (out the meat) and licking (the gold out of) hairy crabs. You may stop laughing now\u2026I’m talking about food here!
\nShanghai hairy crabs<\/a> (technically the Chinese mitten crab) are a delicacy<\/a> during the autumn months. When I was in Hong Kong in November, that happened to be toward the end of the season and when I was asked if I\u2019d like to have hairy crab for dinner at a fren\u2019s house, I said, \u201cyou betcha!\u201d
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\nFood porn. Bound<\/a>. Restrained. Steamy. I’m stopping now. <\/em>
\nNow, mind you, prior to this, I\u2019ve never had hairy crabs before. I was told there\u2019d be a lot of licking and sucking involved. And they were right! There\u2019s a ritual in cracking open one of these hairy buggers. First, you twist off the legs and use your chopstick to poke the meat through, like typical crab legs. Then you take the crab body, flip open the nose (like a coke can tab), peel the shell off and lick and suck your way through. If you’re good at dismembering your hairy crab, the shell should come off in one piece, forming a bowl. The gold part (the roe) lining the inside is especially decadent. I think I fulfilled my cholesterol quota for the rest of the year devouring that golden stuff. Don\u2019t eat the intestines, lungs or brains cuz it\u2019s bad.
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\nIf you do it right, this is how it winds up looking like. <\/em>
\nAnd it was so good, I had another! That’s right, I had two at once! So that would be like a threesome! WAHAHAHAH!
\nThat’s enough innuendo for the year. But wait, the year begins anew next week! Talk about planning!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Thanks to two friends, I got to try Shanghai Hairy Crabs for the first time. Homemade no less! So, yes, this was my first time sucking (out the meat) and licking (the gold out of) hairy crabs. You may stop laughing now\u2026I’m talking about food here! Shanghai hairy crabs (technically the Chinese mitten crab) are … <\/p>\n

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