Deluxe Maryland Blue Crab Lover's Package

The Deluxe Package That Creates Crab People

Half a dozen steamed Maryland blue crabs at 5½–6¼ in arrive in this package with the full supporting cast: the iLoveCrabs Cookbook, a shaker of HHC Seafood Seasoning, an iLoveCrabs pint glass, a roll of crab paper and a mallet. It's a complete first crab feast in a single box, and a gift that quietly predicts someone's new obsession.

Six crabs is the right first lesson

A half dozen is the ideal apprenticeship. It's enough crab to learn the knack (where to crack, how the meat comes free, why the seasoned shell is part of the flavor) without the fatigue that a big pile inflicts on untrained thumbs. The crabs are steamed fresh once the order is placed and travel packed cold in an insulated cooler, so the lesson arrives in proper form.

The keepsakes handle the follow-up

What separates this from a simple crab order is everything that stays behind. The cookbook answers the inevitable question of what to make next. The seasoning shaker migrates to the stove and never leaves: shrimp, corn, fries, eggs if you're brave. The pint glass and mallet become standing equipment, and even the crab paper plays teacher: one look at a properly covered table tells a new picker this is a meal you settle into. By the time the paper is rolled up and tossed, the recipient owns a starter kit for a lifelong habit.

For when the hook sets

And it will set. Graduation day looks like the thirty-crab feast with crab paper and four mallets, and our guide to throwing a proper crab feast shows them how to host their own. Send this deluxe package to the curious, the homesick or the newly relocated, or keep it and initiate yourself.