6 steamed maryland Recipes

stewed tomatoes, water, fresh lima beans, frozen corn kernels, sliced carrots, chopped onion, old bay seasoning tm, beef broth, blue crab crabmeat, blue crab claws, steamed (optional), water

live jumbo male blue crabs, cider vinegar, old bay seasoning (use nothing else!!), coarse kosher salt (large box)

bushel (about 8 dozen) live maryland blue crabs, preferably large. (note: males are usually larger.) a is enough for 2 to 3 pots of crabs, depending on their size., beer, water, crab boil seasoning , usually available where crabs are purchased, butter, melted (optional), brown packaging paper for covering table, tape, crab pot , with tight-fitting lid, heavy garden gloves, wooden mallets or hammers, paring knives