Comments on: Ever Heard of Alaskan King Crab Tails?

By: Brian Bassett

Brian Bassett — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 00:03:00 +0000

In the mid-70s I moved to Petersburg Ak. as a teen. The drinking age was 18… I was 17 and no one anywhere asked to see my ID ever. It was kinda heaven for a kid. One of the two Bars at the time was Kito’s Kave and was shared by loggers, fishermen, Coast Guard, and everyone else in town. As a 17-year-old kid, it was the Star Wars bar scene that ironically came out that same year. On the bar at Kito’s, there was a large jar of pickled eggs, and next to it was a jar of pickled crab tails. It’s hard to describe either the taste or texture. I loved them. When they were breeding you could get pickled octopus too, they looked like fairies pressed in a book.

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 07:49:07 +0000

my son is a fishermen up in Alaska, he comes home here and there, he brings me shelled King crab. tonight for dinner I was making my famous recipe for King crab chowder, I defrosted a huge bag of his crab he brought me and noticed it was not the normal package, I asked him “what the heck is this” he said mom, it is the tails and is suppose to be pickled, I said I never heard of such a thing, but will not waste his fruits of labor, I will find the way to deal with the full bag I have of them 🙂 bet I am in for a treat, the chowder I made was hundred dollar style for sure

By: Mike DeAngelo

Mike DeAngelo — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:16:27 +0000

My wife and I did the Inner Passage Alaskan Cruise on the Holland America SS Amsterdam in June/July and one of our ports was Kodiak. A small town so we basically got off the ship and started walking. You first pass through the fish packing district before hitting the heart of town. On the way back to the ship we passed a little storefront that was closed on our way into town but had opened while we were doing tourist stuff. The sign in their window said “Pickled Willy’s – Free Tastes” so we stopped in to see what they were offering. They had pickled red salmon, pickled halibut and pickled king crab tails. They also had fresh king crab tails. We tried everything but were immediately hooked on the fresh king crab tails. My wife liked the halibut as well so we asked about shipping (we’re in Pennsylvania). After hearing that the crab tails were $13/lb. frozen and SHELLED, we decided to order 5 lbs. of the crab and a jar of pickled halibut. Best decision we ever made. They arrived a few weeks after we got home from our cruise and we have been enjoying them ever since. The first time, I made them Scampi style and they were great. Today, I did a Google search and didn’t come up with much except for this page so I decided that will be dinner tonight. They’re marinating now in chili sauce, shallots and garlic and I’m sipping on some pre-dinner sherry and getting the hot coals stoked on the grill. The butter, chili powder and lime juice is slowly heating on the stove. Will serve with some yellow rice and a veggie.