I was craving soft crab late summer probably for the copper or the B vitamins. Thankfully, we have a place we can get them during our travels. I save half of the bun for a critter and eat the crab with the other half.
"With 1.099 milligrams of copper, 1 cup of crabmeat satisfies 100 percent of the daily requirement for this mineral. Its 57.9 micrograms of selenium satisfy 88 percent of the daily selenium requirement, and its 5.14 mg of zinc meet 47 percent of the zinc requirement. A rich source of calcium, a serving of soft shell crab provides 123 mg of calcium, which satisfies 12.3 percent of the daily requirement for calcium. Lastly, this food provides 8.5 percent of the daily iron requirement for men and 3.77 percent of the daily iron requirement for women". (source)
