Claw Crab Meat... WTF?
 

So today Neteller pays out... I'm still busted of course since I don't actually have the money. I head to Fresh Market to get some food and oversea the fresh seafood section. I have purchased seafood from here a few times and upon first inspection there are like 15 cans of oysters and one that says "Crab Claws" plus other words near it. This was around 100 minutes ago. Now, I get home... I gear myself up for this and promptly decide whether to batter and fry them... Or just sauté them... As either way... I'm going to enjoy their delectable goodness very shortly. I finally settle out that I'm going to actually do half of them in each method. So I can compare and contrast. I head to the kitchen and open the box. Whoa is me. First I am somewhat befuddled by the fact there are actually no claws. Second my confusion turns into concern: Have my claws been stolen by an insidious claw thief? Next my concern turns to rage as I realize that I can't fry or sauté crab claws since my claws have been grimstarred.

After further regrouping and wondering WTF I'm going to so with this stuff. I realized I can make crab cakes. But WTF am I suppose to do with 3+ pounds of crab cakes?

Cliff Notes:
Was going to eat:
http://www.cookinglouisiana.com/_Ima...-fry-final.jpg

Now have to eat:
http://www.whatwereeating.com/food_p...crab-cakes.jpg

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Eat them straight out of the can.

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Eat them straight out of the can.

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Not canned. Fresh. Probably with fecal material fresh from the Gulf.

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oops sorry, just saw a can of "blue crab claw meat" today thought it was same. I bought one but haven't decided what to do with it either.

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those look like claws to me.. what is the problem?

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those look like claws to me.. what is the problem?

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Yes, the first pictures is of crab claws. Which I thought I purchased. Instead I purchased "crab claw meat" ergo there are no claws, so I must make the crab cakes. A pox on this trickeration.

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ya I don't get this either. What exactly do they look like ?

mspaint will do.

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Its just pieces of crab claw meat. Its a beat. I did the same thing about a year ago. Its for making crabcakes or stuffing other things (like mushrooms) or whatever. But if you aren't a Chef and you just wanted crab its a screw job.

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haha you're a guy, and you're into....cooking so fancy you need it to be in the shape of a claw ?

SRSLY ?

hahahah, I honestly have never been a witness to this degree of fancyness from a dude.

Do you like girls ?

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haha you're a guy, and you're into....cooking so fancy you need it to be in the shape of a claw

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You seem smart.


Anyway, crab cakes are pretty good! They also freeze ok if you don't feel like eating three pounds of them in one sitting.

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Am I in the minority that doesn't care if it's in the shape of the claw or not ?

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crab cakes are good, I like them chunky, not all smooth-like.

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Am I in the minority that doesn't care if it's in the shape of the claw or not ?

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Do you not realize that they have the meat still attached to the claw and become a finger food, as opposed to chunks of meat that are just... chunks of meat.

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ah I grasp now. I thought you were saying they were just mis-shaped. You're saying it's just like shredded clumps of crab. See I'd eat it just the same, so I'd never be that picky. But I get it now.

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No question that whole claw meat is far superior to this minced up crap. At least the minced up crap that I bought.
This is more like salty tuna, unless you make crab cakes or somtin else fancy, which is delicious, but its real cooking. I like awesome but easy to fix stuff.

Like crab claws
like steak
like lobster.

Other complicated [censored] I'd get at a restuarant. That's why this stuff is a beat.

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No question that whole claw meat is far superior to this minced up crap. At least the minced up crap that I bought.
This is more like salty tuna, unless you make crab cakes or somtin else fancy, which is delicious, but its real cooking. I like awesome but easy to fix stuff.

Like crab claws
like steak
like lobster.

Other complicated [censored] I'd get at a restuarant. That's why this stuff is a beat.

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Exactly.

I'd rate good crab cakes a 9 and good crab claws a 7 on my OOT-like scale of eating.

Sadly, when coupled with my cooking ability these become a 4.5 and a 6.8

Die tricksters.

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You have crab claw meat. It's the red stuff right? Totally not like lump or special crab meat. I doubt they make a good crab cake. I have no idea what to do with them.

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Make some crabcakes and make a crab salad sandwich tommorow. Crab meat omlettes are also an option.

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teaches you to buy seafood from gyspy proprietors.

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You have crab claw meat. It's the red stuff right? Totally not like lump or special crab meat. I doubt they make a good crab cake. I have no idea what to do with them.

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I don't know WTF those things are. I just wanted the feking claws.

Actually I saw them in the store earlier. Will trip report if it turns out decent. "Special" looked like it was just... minced shreds of crab.

This stuff is actually kinda like normal crab. Not super different. We'll see.

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I could totally eat 3 pounds of crabcakes in 1 sitting

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Get some triscuits, and maybe some cheese or something, put the crab on em, eat one while pacing around the house, eat another, pace, repeat.

EDIT: wheat thins?

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The crab is raw everyone. I am not going to eat raw crab. Well, unless someone can give a good suggestion.

Note the word fresh in the title.

To add insult to injury. I probably burned 800 bucks in 700 hands. Whoop whoop.

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haha you're a guy, and you're into....cooking so fancy you need it to be in the shape of a claw ?

SRSLY ?

hahahah, I honestly have never been a witness to this degree of fancyness from a dude.

Do you like girls ?

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i guess the girls you like dont like nice restaurants.... fyi stupid, best chefs in the world are guys.

nothing gets a girl faster then watching you prepare a good meal. sometimes i forget the retards that are on here.

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So the crab is raw, like straight from the shell after they killed it and they never even boiled it? If so I have no idea how to proceed. Maybe you can just boil or steam the meat? I have never boiled anything other than live crabs though. Weird.

Crab claw meat is not of the same quality as the body, but I do still think it is delicious so I would still just eat it straight up after boiling though. I eat lump crab meat straight from the can all the time. This probably didn't help at all, but good luck trying to find out what to do.

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REPORT:

CRAB CAKES LOOK LIKE PHOTO A+

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you actually expected to get unshelled claws of crab in a can?

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you actually expected to get unshelled claws of crab in a can?

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You can buy those they're called cocktail claws. FWIW, I've never had a claw meat crabcake. You really want jumbo lump or backfin for those. My favorites are crab fluffs (crab meat deep-fried in a batter, so good if done right) and softshell crab sandwiches. Claws are mainly used for crab soup. Maryland FTW.

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Can you post a picture? Raw unshelled crab meat sounds really weird to me, I don't even know what that would look like!

The chinese-wedding style deep fried crab claws are the best. I wish I knew how to make those.

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Can you post a picture? Raw unshelled crab meat sounds really weird to me, I don't even know what that would look like!

The chinese-wedding style deep fried crab claws are the best. I wish I knew how to make those.

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Found some on this site: web page

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Thats cooked though, I am also trying to imagine raw shelled crab. I'm thinking goo.

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Raw would just be nasty. I think it's all steamed and pasteurized before being sold, unless you're buying live crabs to steam yourself.

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Fresh seafood OR no seafood - a good rule to follow.

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Is everyone taking [censored] stupid pills?

They're not "canned". They're in a tub. On ice. With a label that says "Eat me now, or I'll stink up your kitchen so bad."

They aren't stone crab claws. Though that is legitimate confusion.Either way they're the exact thing that wet work linked titled "cocktail claws".

They aren't steamed and pasteurized.

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Loose crab meat in a tub with ice?

Who would buy that? - sounds like floor scrapings.

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Why not ball em up breaded and deep fry. Crab balls!

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They aren't steamed

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I think you're wrong. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

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After further inspection. I will agree with ed. Gah.

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haha you're a guy, and you're into....cooking so fancy you need it to be in the shape of a claw ?

SRSLY ?

hahahah, I honestly have never been a witness to this degree of fancyness from a dude.

Do you like girls ?

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First of all, you slack jawed hick, cheffing is a man's job.

Second, if he isn't buying whole live crabs he's not fancy.

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haha you're a guy, and you're into....cooking so fancy you need it to be in the shape of a claw ?

SRSLY ?

hahahah, I honestly have never been a witness to this degree of fancyness from a dude.

Do you like girls ?

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First of all, you slack jawed hick, cheffing is a man's job.

Second, if he isn't buying whole live crabs he's not fancy.

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I wanted quasi-feking finger foods.

This has also prompted me to go into absurdo monkey tilt and spew $1500 today. DIE DIE DIE DIE