Crab Legs or Lobster Tails? Which do you prefer? (butter, boiling, vegan)

[talloolla]

All things being equal such as price and availability, I could not choose. Cooked correctly, they are both equally delicious!

[jambo101]

Usually when we have lots of lobsters or crabs i save the shells and boil them up to make a broth,then after its strained i make a seafood soup thats full of lobster or crab meat, throw in some clams,shrimp and white fish add some precooked peas,carrots and potato,salt, pepper,old bay seasoning, a cup of heavy cream, accompanied with some crusty bread and you aint far from culinary heaven.

[animalcrazy]

That's a hard one. I love crab legs but have you ever been in Maine and had some lobster? It just tastes better there then here in the Midwest.

[PennyLane2]

If you put them all in front of me, I'd go for king crab legs first, lobster second, and snow crab legs last. Long ago I had some slipper lobster tails that were really good but haven't seen any for quite a while.

[campion]

Originally Posted by PennyLane2

If you put them all in front of me, I'd go for king crab legs first, lobster second, and snow crab legs last. Long ago I had some slipper lobster tails that were really good but haven't seen any for quite a while.

Yeah, this would be my order as well. To me, there is nothing that compares with some giant king crab legs. They don't really require picking - just snip them open lengthwise, pull the huge chunks of meat out, and eat. I prefer the texture and the flavor of them to lobster. But lobster is a close second to king crab and head and tails (ha ha) above snow crab. Once you start talking snow crab, you're dealing with something that's just too much of a pain to eat. And forget blue crab, despite the fact that I'm originally from Delaware where blue crab feasts are quite the art. I'll take that in jumbo lump form, where someone else has already done the work.

[Hunter Wold]

The Northern Australian spiny Lobster tails are the best...probably about $50./lb now.
The Southern California Spiny Lobster Tails are also excellent.

FRESH never frozen Alaskan Red King Crab Legs are the best....

HW

[Cantabridgienne]

Probably crab. Only because I eat my lobsters whole, fresh and often, one of the perks of living in New England.

[Cliffie]

I can't stand Lobster, at least as a food. But I can sometimes choke down a little Crab.

[himain]

lobster lobster lobster

[wrcousert]

Kitchen shears work better on crab legs than those nut cracker openers they give you in restaurants.