On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:13:08 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 2:59:42 PM UTC-4, wrote:
>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:04:48 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>>
>> >sf wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 08:29:31 -0300, wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > On Sun, 9 Oct 2016 21:49:41 -0500, Sqwertz >
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> > > On Sun, 09 Oct 2016 09:19:51 -0300, wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> I haven't looked through the newest one, the two I have are an
>> >> > >> original (lucky find in a used book store along with a Larousse
>> >> > >> Gastronomique) and a 1964 edition.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > I just downloaded Larousse and opened it up to a random page:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Larousse on Crab:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > To prepare
>> >> > >
>> >> > > To kill a live crab, stab it several times with a sharp metal
>> >> > > skewer into the underside directly behind the eyes or centrally
>> >> > > under the tail flap. If in doubt about the humane method, consult
>> >> > > a fishmonger.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Cook the crab by boiling it in salted water for 20-30 minutes,
>> >> > > then drainand rinse under cold water...
>> >> > >
>> >> > > ---------
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Boil for 20-30 minutes?!?!? Is that a 30-pound crab? For
>> >> > > dungeness crab, I steam for maybe 12 minutes. Definitely not
>> >> > > boil it for 30 minutes!
>> >> > >
>> >> > > Kinda makes me skeptical about the rest of what he writes.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > -sw
>> >> >
>> >> > I don't cook with it, but if it was the usual European Dungeness
>> >> > crab, it could indeed be huge. I bought it as a souvenir and also
>> >> > a very nice, well used copy of Ma Beeton.
>> >>
>> >> There is no such thing as a European Dungeness crab.
>> >
>> >Isn't there a city by that name though that they may use for the crabs?
>> >
>> > Carol
>>
>> I suppose it is not surprising that again the US 'thinks' it is the
>> only one - perhaps that is because the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from
>> Plymouth where they catch Dungeness crabs?
>
>You know, if one of you Dungeness partisans could come up with the
>actual genus and species of the two crabs under discussion, we could
>perhaps agree that they're different crabs with the same common name.
>
>After all, the European robin is Erithacus rubecula while the
>American robin is Turdus migratorius.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

And then there's the Victorius Secretus Robin:
http://i68.tinypic.com/9s80uv.jpg