Boiled Crabs

2 each lemons, quartered
8 each new red potatoes
4 each small ears fresh corn
4 each small yellow onions
1 cup salt
1/2 cup ground red pepper
1/2 cup ground white pepper
1/2 cup ground black pepper
12 each live blue crabs
Fill a large (10-quart) stockpot one-third full with water.
Add the lemons, potatoes, corn, onions, salt, and peppers.
Cover and bring to a boil over high heat. Let boil for 10 minutes.
Add the crabs, (if blue crabs are not available, substitute other
small to medium crabs), cover, and return to boil. Once steam
starts to escape from under the cover, let cook for 15 minutes.
Turn off the heat and let sit, covered, for 10 minutes more.