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Default When I was a kid


<sf> wrote :
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> Hubby feels that way about shellfish in general and Dungeness Crab in
> particular (he adores crabcakes like your mother used to make). His
> parents used to catch fresh Dungeness crabs and served them quite
> often. He hated crab at the time. Now that the price is
> astronomical, he's a lover not a hater. Kids! I was the same way -
> but it was because I got bored with the food. My grandparents put
> lump (Dungeness) crabmeat on every leafy side salad they could and I
> felt like I ate baby artichokes at least 3 or 4 times a week every
> time they visited (they stayed for 6 months at a time). They were
> snowbirds who took off for California instead of Florida.
>


Lucky you, lucky them!