the horseshoe crab

i always remember my grandmother always cooked for me horseshoe crab. since she lived near the muddy shores, she always catch one or two horseshoe crab per day.. i loved horseshoe crab. she either boiled it with some ginger, onion, garlic, lemon grass or just roasted it.

the taste as i remember was a bit bland so u need to eat it with some dippings like soy sauce with bird's eye chilli to enhance the taste. i loved it.. u have to remove the exterior part of the crab and the shell then u can enjoy the meat. as i recall this one time my grandmother caught one horsecrab with egg inside it. so ate the whole lot of eggs. and a few minutes after that i felt so dizzy. i start to laughed with no apparent reasons. i felt like a drunk person.. yah..... i've been poisoned by the horseshoe crab roe.. luckily the drunk state of mine only happen for few hours.. after that i fully recover. and although the headache was unbearable it never stop me from consuming this crab......

as a muslim, better get drunk by eating this rather that get drunk because of alcoholic beverages... HARAM....