Southerners love crabs—and we have plenty of delicious crab recipes to prove it. From crab cakes to claws to legs to salad, we can't get enough of this delicate, luxurious seafood. But when it comes ...

However, since you traditionally cook soft-shell crabs whole, you needn't distinguish between the two -- you'll get both in every crab, if not every bite. Another important distinction between mature ...