In article >, Dave Smith says...
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> 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:
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> >> 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?
> >
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> Go to Google Maps and look at Dungeness. It is basically a nothing
> place. It is a barren spit of land.
So plenty of room for Lucretia's crabs!