Remembering Berry Berenson Perkins, a Victim of 9/11. Berry Berenson Perkins was the personification of unconditional love. On 9/11 after the towers fell, I was driving to a meeting to be with my sober family when my cell phone rang. Carole, sorry to hear about Berry, my friend Heather Mac Rae said.
Make the water deep enough to cover the crab. Bring the water to a roiling boil and place the frozen crab inside. Keep heat on high to maintain the boil--adjust lower if it looks like it is going to boil over. Foam may form--scoop it out with a ladle or lower the heat and leave the top off. Boil for about 12 minutes.
Defrost and cook frozen, uncooked crab by placing it in boiling water. For large crabs, boil up to 30 minutes; for smaller crabs, 20 minutes. You can safely defrost a small uncooked crab for use in a fresh crab recipe by placing it in the refrigerator overnight in a bowl, pot or pan filled with water. Add about a teaspoon of salt per gallon of water and cover.