Why so many chinese people like eating crabs? Every September until October ,there are the best time to eat crabs ,many people buy it especially in the Shanghai city . Crab is expensive and there's not much meat to eat ,why they are so crazy? I was eated two crabs in the morning , there are difficult to be eat ,I spent a lot of time to eat,the shell of crabs are very hard,my tongue is injured. Why so many people like eating crabs?