Yummy Crab Dinner!

I cooked crab! It was so exciting and scary!

They were live, so first I had to kill it.

But like an idiot, my brother and I named the four crabs that we were about to kill. Carl the Crab, Peter, Doufus and Squash. Carl was my crab and the crab that I killed. Peter was my brother's. He held the crab before naming him and this stream of liquid kept pouring out from the crab. We don't know if it was pee or water. Thus his name was Peter, with an emphasis on Pee-ter. Doufus was because of reasons unknown. Squash was underneath Doufus, so he was being squashed. Great names right.

Now for the dirty work. First I took a knife and pulled down the flap and there are two holes underneath it. Looking at the eyes, look down and the first hole that is seen that is where you take the knife ans stab it. I know it sounds harsh, but that is what has to be done. I will admit my heart started beating really quickly. I made a first attempt at killing Peter, but I think I just nicked him and my brother finished the job. Then I had to muster all the courage I had and kill Carl the Crab.

After that ordeal, the crabs had to be cleaned really well.

Then we cut it up into pieces. We cut off the legs and we pulled the top part of it off and cleaned out the inside. Now for the actual cooking...

We placed onions and oil in a wok and let that sit for a bit, stirring it occasionally. Then we placed the crab parts on top and poured ketchup on top (about half of the bottle for two crabs). After that we poured water into the wok and let the crabs steam for twelve minutes. When the time was up, we put cilantro and green onions into the wok and stirred it up.

Now this is where I looked away so I'm not exactly sure about what happened next, so I will have to ask my mom about this next part, but there was an egg that was added, but I don't know exactly when. I think it was during this time as well.

Anyway, the sauce in the wok should be a reddish color and after the egg is cooked it is ready to go.

We served it up and ate the delicious and messy seafood ribs. The sauce tastes great over rice. Yummers!