Unpopular opinions

[Tago Mago]

@Matt my Spotify age is 57, 2006 RHCP is me giving an up and coming band a chance

[Matt]

That’s not bad. Mine was 68. Too much yacht rock probably. Likely not enough.

[Tago Mago]

@Matt next time I see you I’ll buy you a Pina Colada

[Matt]

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[SKT]

Happy Birthday Johnny

[Matt]

He’s a weird looking dood. He’s like three operations away from Micky Rourke.

[WhiskeySandwich]

@Matt lmao idk who even that is but you had me rollin with the Mickey rourke reference

[Mizmazzle]

Same hair cut after all these years too.

[goosehd]

@WhiskeySandwich Goo Goo Dolls lead singer…

[Giles]

No wiser

[Tago Mago]

I thought something terrible had happened to Keith Urban

[Matt]

I wish.

[Bridger]

[steelworker]

You ain’t from here are yew Dept.
Old Bay is shite in any form.
Old Bay and phony cheese? Crime against humanity.

[Matt]

Downvote.

[steelworker]

And crabs are a whole lotta work for a little bit of pay.
Shoot past, if you must, this old gray head!!

[mclaincausey]

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.

[Giles]

@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....

[WhiskeySandwich]

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.

[mclaincausey]

Yeah same with crawfish. It’s kind of as much about the boil culture as it is the actual protein. And the protein is more about the texture and the boil than the flesh of the animal IMO. And the potatoes, corn, sometimes mushrooms, etc in the boil are a part of it too.

When it comes down just to the flavor of the meat, that’s what I was getting into above. I’ll take a stone crab claw over Maine lobster. And they’re nice and meaty and usually come ready to eat so the labor factor isn’t high.