On Tue, 19 May 2020 10:39:47 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> wrote:

>On Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 11:32:46 AM UTC-4, Gary wrote:
>> My local grocery store advertises this almost every week in
>> their weekly sale flyer.
>>
>> Crab Cake, one count - $8.99
>>
>> WTH? 8.99 for one crabcake? I finally remembered to check
>> last week.
>>
>> It's a round ice cream scoop size of mix.
>> Looks to be maybe 1/4 pound but probably a bit less.
>> Anyway, I told the seafood person that it sounds very
>> overpriced to me. She said, "yes, but these contain a lot
>> more crabmeat."
>>
>> I said nothing but that was funny. A crabcake should always
>> be mostly crabmeat.
>>
>> Anyway, I just looked and asked because I was curious.
>> I could see paying that much at a nice restaurant
>> as an appetizer, already cooked and served.
>>
>> But not raw, made in a grocery store. Who knows, they
>> might have even used canned crabmeat.
>
>Have you priced restaurant food recently?
>
>Crab cake appetizer is $16 at a local seafood restaurant. And
>they're not the most expensive seafood place in the area.
>
>Cindy Hamilton

If they relied on normal people to buy scavenger cakes they'd
starve... I wouldn't eat disgusting crab anything if it were free.
Eating crab is no different from eating cockroaches.