Unpopular opinions
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@WhiskeySandwich Goo Goo Dolls lead singer…
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You ain’t from here are yew Dept.
Old Bay is shite in any form.
Old Bay and phony cheese? Crime against humanity. -
And crabs are a whole lotta work for a little bit of pay.
Shoot past, if you must, this old gray head!!Those are my principles, and if you don't like them…
Well, I have others. -
Depends on the crab IMO. I find stone crab claws to have a fine ratio of effort to payoff and they, Dungeness, Snow, and King are so delicious on their own they don't need any help from the likes of Old Bay (mustard sauce or butter delicious but entirely optional). Just in terms of the taste of the flesh of the animal, IMO blue crab doesn't compare to those and that's why it needs a little help from Old Bay (Chesapeake) or Zatarain's (Gulf Coast). Same thing with crawfish: a bit of effort for a little meat, and most of what you're tasting is the boil.
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@steelworker said in Unpopular opinions:
And crabs are a whole lotta work for a little bit of pay.
Shoot past, if you must, this old gray head!!I'll join in. I'll do crab if it is dressed, but can't be arsed to fuck around with a shelled one.
And as for lobsters and crayfish, have to be about the most overrated stuff to come out of the sea*.
All surf does, is fuck up turf.....
Edit - * I forgot Conch, that wins hands down....
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Blue crabs are definitely a niche cultural thing. I can easily understand why they’d be disliked by the uninitiated. Sometimes I don’t even wanna fuck with em. But it’s always an occasion for us. We’re raised from babies with them and it’s like a family ritual in the summer. Old Bay is just the default addition. Like turkey and gravy for thanksgiving.
Having said that, as a surf main course for the sake of a meal, imo the best is snakehead/channa. Hands down the best seafood.
