What happens to the king crab meat that is not in the legs?

King Crab legs are a great food, but what happens to the meat from the pincers and inside the carapace?|||The bodies are processed for the meat. They make stuffed crab and crab cakes and also package and sell the meat in the seafood department.|||assuming you mean when they catch the crab?





its generally shelled and separated from the other crab parts and sold a canned and lump crab meat.|||It probably gets canned, put in crab cakes, cat food, etc. The same way the ugly apples that don't pass inspection into the grocery store get turned into apple sauce and pies.|||get the meat out of there - soak it in melted garlic butter, and EAT IT! It's all good|||dsf