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Whole crabs were on sale at the local grocery for $5+change/lb.
This was too tempting to pass up. They were sweet and luscious

The some markets are selling crab clusters this season instead of whole crabs, for considerably more $$/lb but IMHO they are inferior to whole crab in content, quality and flavor.

Later in February our local Catholic High School puts on a crab feed fund raiser. I just bought tickets
Are there any other crab aficionados here?

Our household loves it.

We used to go to the blue crab festival in Little River, SC when we lived back there.

I like blue crab. Never paid the outrageous prices they charged for the ready caught ones on the Eastern Shore of Maryland though. I smoked a pipe on the dock and caught them myself with chicken necks in strings

When Penny and I were in Oregon in October, we had Dungeness Crab at 3 local spots...it was just the meat and they didn't have whole crabs. On our last night in Oregon, we ate at Salty's on the Columbia in Portland...it has become a tradition when in Oregon that we make Salty's for dinner and we have whole Dungeness Crab. Well this time we didn't see it on the menu and the waiter told us that since COVID the crab fishing industry and fishing as a whole is having trouble getting employees and that has caused the prices of sea food to go crazy so Salty's was offering on the menu "Clusters", and they were using the body meat in their world famous chowder and other dishes. So we had clusters and chowder and it was very very good! Maybe next time we will be able to get whole crabs again...

Bloodhound wrote: 31 Jan 2023, 10:53 When Penny and I were in Oregon in October, we had Dungeness Crab at 3 local spots...it was just the meat and they didn't have whole crabs. On our last night in Oregon, we ate at Salty's on the Columbia in Portland...it has become a tradition when in Oregon that we make Salty's for dinner and we have whole Dungeness Crab. Well this time we didn't see it on the menu and the waiter told us that since COVID the crab fishing industry and fishing as a whole is having trouble getting employees and that has caused the prices of sea food to go crazy so Salty's was offering on the menu clusters, and they were using the body meat in their world famous chowder and other dishes. So we had clusters and chowder and it was very very good! Maybe next time we will be able to get whole crabs again...

I think my experience with crab clusters was because of the processing it received, however good seafood restaurant will take pride in what they serve

I thought the blessed crab was FredS?

Biff wrote: 31 Jan 2023, 12:01 I thought the blessed crab was FredS?

Biff wrote: 31 Jan 2023, 12:01 I thought the blessed crab was FredS?

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