On Tue, 19 May 2020 14:13:37 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>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.

those roaches taste mighty good
Janet US