

Old Bay is a seasoning product of hot and salty spices. The first step, White explained, is to combine water or beer with vinegar in a large, metal container. But the cooking style most traditional to the area is steaming. Some people like to grill them, while others make crab soup. White said blue crabs are special because of their sweet meat. Seafood sellers at Captain White's Seafood City in Washington, DC measure different amount of their products for customers. … They come from Georgia and they take them home on their car ride.” “I get a lot of people coming from Pennsylvania … a lot of people out of Jersey, New York, North Carolina. “ are the best crabs, in my opinion, out of all the country,” White said. He is a big fan of Chesapeake blue crabs. White told VOA that his family has been in the business for about 100 years. The family-owned business gathers crabs and other seafood from the bay and sells it at its store right along the Potomac River.

Pete White works with Captain White’s Seafood City in Washington, D.C. From early spring through much of fall thousands of people hit the water to capture some of these creatures. Scientists in Maryland and Virginia say the bay holds hundreds of millions of blue crabs. All around the area you can see images of the blue crab on clothing, advertisements, cars, and in restaurant windows. estuary borders Maryland and Virginia.īoth states have long made use of the Chesapeake for food, transportation, and fun. However, one place in America is especially famous for its blue crabs: the Chesapeake Bay. These crabs can grow up to about 23 centimeters and they get their name from the blue coloring on the legs and claws.īlue crabs live in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, and in the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab is an especially popular crab for eating in the United States. But many people also find them delicious. And all play an important part in the environments in which they live.Ĭrabs may look strange. They can be as small as a few millimeters across or grow as big as 4 meters. There are thousands of different kinds of crabs all over the world. What have ten legs, two of them large claws, a hard shell cover, and live in oceans, fresh water, and on land? Crabs, of course!
