What are you eating now?

sometime in the recent past Gerry posted this:

Gerry, on the east coast, soft-shell crabs are generally what we call Blue
Crabs, Callinectes sapidus. What variety are used in Cali?

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On 2009-06-08 12:07:36 -0700, Wilson <highledge@roadrunner.com> said:

Probablly the same. They are flown in from the east coast, as I understand it.
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They are often shipped around and even saved frozen for off-season
consumption (ever had a "spider roll" at a sushi place in the winter?
Yep, frozen). I'm not aware of any other crab species that is regularly
eaten as "soft shelled crabs" though I won't exclude the possibility of
there being others.

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On 2009-06-08 13:35:35 -0700, Wissnod <yeahright@zool.com> said:

Just as a note of interest, we asked specifically if they were live and
were told they were.
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Great! I definitely think they taste different live versus frozen. Air
freight is one great contribution the human race has made to itself
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I see frozen soft shell crabs for sale in the Asian markets. From
China, I suppose. I never saw them live.

Soft shell crabs were listed on the special sign at my favorite Thai
restaurant in Flagstaff yesterday.

I ate raw hard shell crabs in a Korean place in Garden Grove, CA.

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1 15th June 21:11 wilson External User Posts: 1	What are you eating now? sometime in the recent past Gerry posted this: Gerry, on the east coast, soft-shell crabs are generally what we call Blue Crabs, Callinectes sapidus. What variety are used in Cali? -- Wilson N44º39" W67º12"

2 15th June 21:11 gerry External User Posts: 1	What are you eating now? On 2009-06-08 12:07:36 -0700, Wilson <highledge@roadrunner.com> said: Probablly the same. They are flown in from the east coast, as I understand it. -- Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.

4 15th June 21:11 gerry External User Posts: 1	What are you eating now? On 2009-06-08 13:35:35 -0700, Wissnod <yeahright@zool.com> said: Just as a note of interest, we asked specifically if they were live and were told they were. -- Dogmatism kills jazz. Iconoclasm kills rock. Rock dulls scissors.

6 19th June 00:28 External User Posts: 1	What are you eating now? I see frozen soft shell crabs for sale in the Asian markets. From China, I suppose. I never saw them live. Soft shell crabs were listed on the special sign at my favorite Thai restaurant in Flagstaff yesterday. I ate raw hard shell crabs in a Korean place in Garden Grove, CA.