Seafood boil etiquette: do ya’ll eat the poop?

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I have never heard of the dead man's fingers
I eat seafood boils at restaurants and even have cooked some at home....everything is clean....and gourmet if i make it
The deadman’s fingers are the gills of the crab, once you lift off the back shell there are about 3/4 on either side. They can be quite bitter, maybe your fishmonger removes them before hand. Even when I make soft shell crab I remove it.
 

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The deadman’s fingers are the gills of the crab, once you lift off the back shell there are about 3/4 on either side. They can be quite bitter, maybe your fishmonger removes them before hand. Even when I make soft shell crab I remove it.

That mustard and gills are GOLD. You nikkas been around Dakota and Tanner too long.. but even those Maryland redneck cacs tear a blue crab to pieces and devour everything.
 

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That mustard and gills are GOLD. You nikkas been around Dakota and Tanner too long.. but even those Maryland redneck cacs tear a blue crab to pieces and devour everything.
Every single crab recipe I have ever come across says to remove the Gills. The texture reminds me of offal or marrow when cleaning it so I’m not going to eat it.
 

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I’m not from the US.
Yea, crawfish is a down south thing. I never heard of it in NY (north) either til I moved to Texas. It's 🤌🏽.

Also, in school, I was always taught to devein the shrimp. Crawfish typically doesn't get deveined. I do believe Michelin restaurants in the US do though but hole in wall spots or a gas station poboy? goodluck.
 
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The deadman’s fingers are the gills of the crab, once you lift off the back shell there are about 3/4 on either side. They can be quite bitter, maybe your fishmonger removes them before hand. Even when I make soft shell crab I remove it.

for sure, my market sells crab legs (i use snow crab clusters) pretty much prepped to steam and eat, and of course deveined shrimps
 
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