On 2016-10-11 5:28 PM, cshenk wrote:
> wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:04:48 -0500, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> 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?
>
> Understood. Could it be the locals in UK call them by the area name
> but the actual designation (seen in Wikipeadia as only western US
> Pacific) is based on actual scientific names given later? Lots of
> things get named because 'they look like something from the homeland'
> but arent actually it.
>
> Would not suprise me. Either way, I wonder how large the UK version
> are and if 30 mintue boil works?
>
Go to Google Maps and look at Dungeness. It is basically a nothing
place. It is a barren spit of land.