Comments on: Kagang & Pasgang / Crab & Crab Trap

By: Oddstreet

Oddstreet — Sun, 30 May 2010 06:02:41 +0000

Presumably, the crabs’ scientific ID is possibly Cardisoma carnifex, a land crab.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardisoma_carnifex

These land crabs pretty much feed on leaf litter and some carrion, unlike the Scylla (alimango) or Portunus (alimasag) crabs which tend to be more predatory.

By: dragon

dragon — Sat, 15 May 2010 08:32:05 +0000

On a not so related topic…I just finished a little over a kilo of Alaskan king crab legs (eaten over 3 days) about 4 huge legs…I think I will forego crabs for a few months….

What a pig! (At least I have confirmed to myself I am not allergic to it :-) )

By: Isagani

Isagani — Thu, 13 May 2010 13:07:48 +0000

I haven’t tried kagang but they say it is dirty. I live in Tagbilaran and sometimes I see those crabs at the back of our house. One of our helpers would use the crabs to unclog toilet bowls. Just drop them and they will clear out the clogged toilet bowl :D

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 13 May 2010 08:14:50 +0000

KUMAGCOW, I presume they make the traps by hand out of bamboo. And they are left above ground, when the crabs emerge at night in search of food.

By: KUMAGCOW

KUMAGCOW — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:08:19 +0000

how do they make those traps? Are they buried too?!

By: netoy

netoy — Mon, 10 May 2010 15:59:54 +0000

how about that ingenious crab trap? leave it up to the Filipinos to come up with something creative out of what nature provides!! here’s a salute to the pinoy ingenuity! (^_^)

By: wilde

wilde — Sun, 09 May 2010 12:53:35 +0000

MM, what’s the size of those crabs? Were they like fistful, or egg-sized?

They look appetizing to me. Steamed lang puede na, then maybe dip it to sukang pinakurat!?

Btw, those crab traps are pretty much the same to what my uncles used there in Ilocos. They lay it very late in the afternoon, then gather those in the early mornings.

By: el_jefe

el_jefe — Sat, 08 May 2010 16:25:55 +0000

They call these crabs ”Kuray” in Tagalog…these are land crabs that inhabits near water ways and mangrove areas…kuray are not as good as alimango…

By: belliciosa

belliciosa — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:35:57 +0000

these crabs look like theyve come straight out of a 3d movie…

By: leo

leo — Thu, 06 May 2010 22:40:06 +0000

They are called in our town in Quezon Province as the “katang” they are alike with alimango but they are very light and agile. they also have different color other than what is shown in the picture.
They are delicious if boiled with water and a certain soda (sprite in particular). If the broth has evaporated, they are fried out of their own fat.
hmmm. yummy…