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Crab-Picking 101<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Not a Maryland native like us? You might need some tips on how to tackle our home state’s famous crustacean! Check out our video, made right at our original crab packing plant on Hoopers Island in the Chesapeake Bay – our crab pickers there have been expertly extracting meat for years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phillips Recipe Center<\/a>Try Shirley Phillips’ original crab cake recipe<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s how our professional crab pickers on Hoopers Island extract all that delicious crab meat bit by bit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1032,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-tricks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHow to pick a crab like a pro | Crab Picking 101<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn to Pick Like a Pro! 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