This was posted 2 years 11 months 1 day ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

Related
  • out of stock

[NSW] Live Male Mud Crabs 1kg $38, Aussie Shore Crabs (Frozen) $9.95/kg (Min $40 Order) + Delivery (Sydney Only) @ FishMe

180
[NSW] Live Male Mud Crabs 1kg $38, Aussie Shore Crabs (Frozen) $9.95/kg (Min $40 Order) + Delivery (Sydney Only) @ FishMe
Go to Deal
[Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:08 fishme.com.au (1354 clicks)
Last edited 18/01/2022 - 09:14 by 3 other users

$10 discount for signing up to mailing list for 1st order
Live Mud crabs are pretty great, but with prices at Fish market $60/kg being so close to Live Lobster at $80/kg at that price I cannot justify buying it over Lobster despite the juicer meat flavour. I was looking for a place to buy Mud Crabs for cheap for Singapore Chilli crab and stumbled onto Fishme. I bought 4 1kg crabs last time and I even got 1 1.2kg crab and they all weighed over 1kg! They tasted great and were very lively when they were delivered!

Singapore Chilli Crab Recipe

Mud Crabs $36.5/kg($42/1.15kg) $38(1kg) SOLD OUT

Australian Shore Crabs per kg (Frozen)

Why is this a bargain? Historic best price was $12.50/kg. Crab is a rare treat and is rarely below $30/kg. These are a delicacy in the Philipines and China, who would have thought fresh seafood could be so cheap? Actually, these crabs are frozen. Since they are an invasive species we cannot sell live shore crabs. By eating these you are not only saving money on exotic and relatively unknown seafood but also doing our native wildlife a favour! Looking for something a bit different? Shore crabs are commonly used in Asian dishes or European crab soups such as bisque. We bring you Australian shore crabs at the most affordable price in Australia.

Australian Shore Crabs come:
Frozen / ready-to-thaw
Raw / ready-to-cook
About 10-12 per kilogram
Sold by the kilogram
Product of Australia

Recipes
Boiled Shore Crab: Simple
Crispy Fried Shore Crab(My favorite very crunchy)
Shore Crab Bisque(Western Style Soup)
Green Crab Stock
Thai Style Crab Coconut Bisque

Groceries Crab Seafood

Related Stores

FishMe
FishMe

closed Comments

  • ChickenDinner123 on 17/01/2022 - 17:12
    +1

    Is this vegan?

    • OzBaggins on 17/01/2022 - 17:13
      +4

      Yes. Source: trustmebro

    • RedditUser1 on 17/01/2022 - 20:03

      I believe crabs are mostly carnivores, but I could be wrong.

  • AzuAzu on 17/01/2022 - 17:13
    +18

    That picture looks like a giant mutated cockroach. Yum!

    • dammit on 17/01/2022 - 17:16

      Lol it does too!!

    • jv on 17/01/2022 - 17:45
      -6

      I just opened this thread to post just that…

    • bboz on 17/01/2022 - 18:26

      Thought the same…

      You understand that seafood such as prawns etc are just underwater insects, right?
      Well it's not quite true but it is half true.

    • RedditUser1 on 17/01/2022 - 20:02

      I must be blind as all I see is a crab.

  • RichardF89 on 17/01/2022 - 17:14

    Live Lobster is about $45 per kg in Perth

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:16
      -1

      Yeah in Sydney they are usually $90/kg they are probably WA Lobsters hence the difference in price

    • KnifeEnthusiastBoi on 17/01/2022 - 17:39

      There is a lobster farm in Perth, which may influence that

    • jv on 17/01/2022 - 17:45
      -1

      Live Lobster is about $45 per kg in Perth

      How much is Dead Lobster?

      • janoski on 17/01/2022 - 20:29

        Depends on the chef cooking it

  • Htu08 on 17/01/2022 - 17:16

    nsw only, i wish :(

    Edit: Does anyone know any similarly priced victorian operations?

  • Woffy on 17/01/2022 - 17:17

    no Vic delivery :(

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:19
      +1

      Sorry I knew I was forgetting something, fixed the title

  • Mandalorians on 17/01/2022 - 17:21

    would you bring back this deal?

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/676221

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:30

      I don't work for fishme, I think their prices have gone a little bit up for mud crab as they sold out so quick last time

    • Turd on 17/01/2022 - 20:22

      Use code "BLUE" buy 2kg of blue mussels for price of 1kg

      so $7.50 / kg

      EDIT: Wait it doesnt work wtf boo

  • BenMHarvey on 17/01/2022 - 17:21

    The costis at the ponds in western Sydney had them for $36/kg in store.

    Prices are crazy good due to lack of export!

    • BenMHarvey on 17/01/2022 - 17:43
      +2

      This is a photo of the 1.1kg crab I got https://photos.app.goo.gl/fL7ciBYYVHNcP2Xz8

      No idea for heading but it had plenty of meat!

      • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 18:47

        That thing looked angry.

      • Turd on 17/01/2022 - 20:32

        C grade or Restaurant grade?

        • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 22:44

          C Fish shop grade

  • ltwo on 17/01/2022 - 17:21

    anyone got a good deal for WA?

  • Deal Or-No Deal on 17/01/2022 - 17:24

    Is that for a C grade? Wouldn't it be like throwing your money away?

    • popsiee on 17/01/2022 - 17:25

      Your correct no meat on the claws .
      They have restaurant grade though as well if people aren't too TA .
      They should have sent the rejects to an expert ALDI :)

      • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:33

        The website infers to random grading live-australian-male-mud-crabs-random-grading-pre-order

  • sol3x on 17/01/2022 - 17:28

    Just out of curiosity, how do they manage to tie up the crab claws when crabs are live?

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 17:32
      +3

      They hold it by the back of the carapace and tie it up with a spool of string

      • ne-us on 17/01/2022 - 17:39
        +1

        Or sometimes they like to use mini handcuffs…🔗

    • barg99 on 17/01/2022 - 17:32

      lacky band ?

    • KnifeEnthusiastBoi on 17/01/2022 - 17:41
      +5

      Politely tell them to put their claws behind their back

      • hippo2s on 17/01/2022 - 18:22
        +1

        'freeze, put your claws behind your head and get on the ground'….

    • Travelbug on 17/01/2022 - 20:21
      +1

      @sol3x - Carefully!

  • Kyriasa on 17/01/2022 - 17:36

    Any feedback on the shore crabs? never seen anybody sell those before.

    • zsh on 17/01/2022 - 17:53
      +1

      if you are a big fan of hairy crab (Chinese mitten crab), these shore crabs taste is similar, to some extent.

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 18:36
      +1

      I second zsh very similar to Chinese mitten crab and can sometimes be found as deep fried tiny crabs in this species at fish and chip shops

  • barg99 on 17/01/2022 - 17:37

    whilst mud crab is awesome it's pretty much pointless unless it's 1.2+ kg. Not worth the effort and money. 1.3kgs sold out.

    There's a few restaurants around sydney north in the .*woooo suburbs that do awesome mudcrab for similar pricing plus sauce/noodles/egg yolk etc.

    If you don't mind the health violations and covid possibility…

    • Homr on 17/01/2022 - 17:44

      any recommendations? I know why in Strathfield that did $50 for 1kg mud crab

      • Banana on 17/01/2022 - 20:37

        I paid $99.99 for mud crabs in Melb on Boxing Day :'(

    • homersyd on 18/01/2022 - 11:11

      mind sharing which restaurants you're referring to with similar pricing? Thanks mate

  • NeoX on 17/01/2022 - 17:38

    Guess this is just for NSW/Sydney only? Doens't do brissy :(

  • Munki on 17/01/2022 - 17:40

    Singapore chilli crab, no shrimp paste in the ingredients?

  • Homr on 17/01/2022 - 17:40
    +1

    What is fish shop grade? Description says C grade which is pretty bad

    Edit: It's C grade, I would not recommend.

    B Grade here

    https://fishme.com.au/products/live-queensland-male-mud-crab…

    • jv on 17/01/2022 - 17:48
      +1

      pics look the same though.

      Is this a scam ?

  • Flying Ace on 17/01/2022 - 17:45

    How much meat would you get from 1kg of mud crabs? 300g?

  • pe arl on 17/01/2022 - 17:47

    For those wanting to know how best to kill live crabs, here's a good guide.
    TLDR, stun them by briefly placing them in the freezer (30mins-1hr) then spike the 2 nerve centres while insensible.

    • barg99 on 17/01/2022 - 18:00
      -2

      I heard most chefs do this method:

      pull flap
      knife to the face
      flip of top shell
      rip out gills and guts
      knife to cut it in veritical
      knife to cut it horizontal

      Then cook

      Super quick. No need to freeze the knife to the face stuns them. 👍🏻

      • hippo2s on 18/01/2022 - 10:26

        I do the freezing more to slow them down…

        When do you wash the shell?! eat it with the mud that's been accumulated for years?

        • barg99 on 20/01/2022 - 09:10

          scrub the top only, it's got tamale inside, eat that

  • zsh on 17/01/2022 - 17:49

    How many Shore Crabs per kg? I know those crabs can be extremly tiny, sometimes.

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 18:37

      10-12 per kg

  • MagnamoniousRex on 17/01/2022 - 17:51
    +1

    I've fought mudcrabs more fearsome than these

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 19:20
      +1

      My dad has fought mudcrabs more fearsome than your dad.

  • MasterScythe on 17/01/2022 - 17:53
    +1

    How much does a crab eat? How much aquarium space should I have to keep one?

    • popsiee on 17/01/2022 - 18:28

      I put a couple in the bath tub overnight .

      The next day one of selfish crabs didn't have a claw and poor me missed out on some of the best meat .

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 18:41

      https://youtu.be/g2M9wus4N9o
      There are some YouTube videos of mud crab pets

  • King Steuart on 17/01/2022 - 18:45

    Crab used to be cheap. Stop eating crab. Bring crab price down. Crab not that special. Eat bananas.

    • popsiee on 17/01/2022 - 19:13
      +1

      Do you remember when a loaf of bread cost a halfpenny ?

      • King Steuart on 17/01/2022 - 19:19

        Crab in ocean. Why not get crab from ocean? Crab meat in crab legs. Why not get crab meat from crab legs? So lazy.

        • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 19:24

          Why not get diamonds from the dirt?

        • popsiee on 17/01/2022 - 19:39

          Cool so everyone lives on the ocean and can go out and get a nice crab ?
          I'm unlucky near me I only have midget crabs .

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 19:23
      +1

      Lobster 🦞 and oysters used to be fed for convicts before being marketed as luxury goods

      • King Steuart on 17/01/2022 - 20:06

        Must be why I have such a strong appetite for them

  • revmacca on 17/01/2022 - 19:41
    +2

    Check out Leon, he’s doing very well….

    https://youtu.be/EAmIEQb9QhM

    • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2022 - 22:46
      +1

      I knew somebody would post this video…
      Kudos
      Leon goes to a new home

      • hippo2s on 18/01/2022 - 10:32

        yay! i am so happy for Leon… i see he's learning to live with fishy friends.

  • PeeDee on 17/01/2022 - 21:09

    plenty at Cooks River if youre down for it

    • hippo2s on 18/01/2022 - 10:33

      Where abouts? this is Cooks River…where?

Login or Join to leave a comment
Login Join