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Place a crab with
its shell side
up and apron
side down. Most
people open a
crab at the apron,
but “I find that
to be the most
useless thing on
the planet,” Longo
says. “It seems
to work better to
pull it from the
corner. It just
works faster.”
With one hand on
the back fin, take
the corner of the
shell and begin to
lift it away from
the crab body.

Remove the fat
and the yellow
matter known as
mustard. Remove
the lungs. Place
these things
inside your
discarded shell.

CRAFT PAPER, BOY AND PLATE OF CRAB:
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Take the body and break
into two pieces. Take one
piece, smash it down
with your fingers and
pull the top shell away
from the body and the
legs. Pull the crabmeat
from this piece.

Take off the two
claws and put
them in a pile.

“I’m one of those
people who
eat them last,”
Longo says.

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