PM Update: Scattered showers and thunderstorms through the early evening. Much cooler on Monday. You may have to dodge some raindrops through about 8 tonight. A cold front moves through tomorrow morning and ushers in much more seasonable weather.
Only cook live crabs, because they deteriorate very quickly after they have expired. You can simply throw the crabs in a pot of boiling water to cook them. Depending on the size of the crabs, it will take between 6 and 10 minutes for them to cook thoroughly. If the crab is alive when you start, the amount of cooking time has very little to do with safety  it s more a question of whether the meat is underdone, overdone, or cooked just right.
How to Cook Mud Crabs. Wash the mud crabs thoroughly. Place live green mud crabs into ICE SLURRY for 35 Minutes in a container or bin, or in the freezer for 35 minutes. They go to sleep and die.Bring pot with a good handful of salt to the boil. Place Mud crabs in pot. Bring to BOIL again and then cook for 22 minutes.In another container or bin add another 3 handfuls of salt to the ice slurry. Once cooked, place mud crabs into this and when cool, clean them in the slurry water.ring to BOIL again and then cook for 22 minutes. In another container or bin add another 3 handfuls of salt to the ice slurry. Once cooked, place mud crabs into this and when cool, clean them in the slurry water.