cshenk wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On 11/9/2017 5:26 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > > Dave Smith wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> > >
> > > Well Dave, now you know to check and see if they have the
> > > softshells frozen from past season. It may be too small a place
> > > to do that as Jill seems to indicate.
> > >
> > > Meantime my guesses are this: If you don't see okra or grits used
> > > in the menu, you won't get much of the uniqueness of the costal
> > > south on what we eat. LOL, it's not all catfish and crawdads!
> > >
> > Crawdads (crawfish) aren't common here. Catfish is often previously
> > frozen and not found on many menus. I've never seen frozen
> > softshell crab. I don't know why you and Gary think "coastal"
> > means the same thing when you're 500 miles to the north of Tybee
> > Island.
> >
> > Jill
>
> I've lived a few places where crawfish/crawdads were common. Here
> isnt one of them and where you are probably isnt either.
>
> If your menus do not have catfish, it may be where you go because it's
> really common here but as you say, I'm a few hours north of you. As to
> frozen softshell crabs, they aren't in the supermarket, at least not
> the average ones you'd find where you are. I'm in a bigger city.
>
> https://www.google.com/search?source...wGd94ngDQ&q=fr
> oz
> en+soft+shell+crab&oq=frozen+soft&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0l10.34026648.340313
> 65
> .0.34035840.11.11.0.0.0.0.144.1220.0j10.10.0....0. ..1.1.64.psy-ab..1.1
> 0. 1215...46j0i131k1j0i46k1.0.pRBodAF7NVI
>
> Or you can get them off Amazon.com.

http://www.ordercrabs.com/soft-shell...and-soft-shell
-crabs-boat-runs-measures-3-to-4-inches-approximately-.-clone.html

Oh, that site seems to have the best prices if any wanted to try them.
I picked the smaller ones for the url but they have other sizes too.
Shipped frozen.


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