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The ocean's way of making you work for dinner with a tiny fork.
means The cooked, extracted flesh of crabs, picked from the shell and legs, prized for its sweet, delicate flavor in dishes like crab cakes, salads, and dips.
from A straightforward compound of 'crab' and 'meat.' 'Crab' traces back to Old English 'crabba,' related to other Germanic words for the crustacean, possibly tied to an old root meaning 'to scratch' or 'claw,' though that connection is more suggestive than certain. 'Meat' itself has drifted over time — in Old English 'mete' simply meant 'food' in general, only narrowing later to flesh specifically. Put them together and you get a plain, functional label for a food that's anything but plain to eat.
- lump vs claw
- lump costs more, claw tastes more
- imposter alert
- imitation crab is just seasoned pollock
- picking ratio
- one pound of crab yields little actual meat
- freshness tell
- should smell like ocean, not fish