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On Tue, 19 May 2020 12:01:16 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
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>On Tue, 19 May 2020 11:30:48 -0400, 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.

>
>Made in a grocery store you can bet your bipee it's canned crab, and
>not very much. And I don't much care for crab... I'd much rather have
>finfish cakes. When I lived on Lung Guyland I ground lots of fresh
>caught fish to make fishcakes... it'd be like 85% fish with seasoning,
>eggs, and matzo meal or saltine cracker crumbs. Living there I ground
>more seafood than butcher meat... even made five pound fish loafs and
>grilled twelve ounce fish burgers.


I bet any of that was good, made with the solid meat of ocean fish/
Janet US