Just found out Dungeness crabs aren't actually raised in dungeons. That ought to be on the label.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Discuss.



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[Bennyboy]

1. And there are no gators in Gatorade!

And don't even get me started on hash Browns.

[whistler162]

16. Not since the next coach put a end to grinding up the

player that made the most mistakes in the last game!

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Not That You Know Of

I mean really, would people buy it if they REALLY knew what was in there?
GAC

[KamaAina]

22. Or Girl Scouts in Girl Scout cookies

:P

[petronius]

2. But they definitely all come from England, right?

[bluedigger]

3. Man, I could go for a soft shell sammitch!

Where's the damn "drool" smiley?

[AsahinaKimi]

4. I feel so lucky to live in the Bay Area just for the reason

of having access to so many great foods. Hook me up with some Sour dough bread, and some crab meat salad, yumm!!

[Bennyboy]

5. 2010 much better dungeness crab season than 2009

Been stuffing myself for about two weeks. Yummy.

[grasswire]

13. our season just opened in Oregon

There were some at the market today, but they were puny little things, not worth the $2.97 per pound even. I assumed that they were caught in California, 'cause the first crabs of a season are usually big fat things over two pounds, and your season is already high. I'm keeping my eye out. Mmm. Crab hash.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. I lived on Whidbey Island and we used to go to Coronet Bay with a Coleman stove, a steamer pot...

a case of beer or two, and crab traps with either turkey legs or canned cat food. Every half-hour or so we'd pull up the traps and toss the largest male dungies in the steamer pot which was already boiling on the stove. Four or five Navy families, kids and all.

Ahhh them was the days... nothing like fresh dungeness or rock crabs, beer, good friends, and a sunny day on the docks!

And to boot; if you've ever been to Coronet Bay, which is right inside of Deception Pass, well then you've seen a little bit of heaven.

MMMM I be hungry now.

[denbot]

7. I used to commercial fish dungeness crabs from Bodega Bay CA, to La Push WA.

The last time I commercial or otherwise fished was off Cape Disappointment just north of Ilwaco Washington. The fear from running in and out of the Colombian River bar broke me.

In the 4 years I fished I had often been afraid for my life while on the water, but that was too much. I called my pop, and he had a bus ticket waiting across the river at the Astoria OR, Greyhound station. Tasty critters, but it's hard, cold, dangerous work getting them to the table.

[grasswire]

12. I keep telling people at the butcher counter that the crabs come with a price...

...and that price is not just monetary, but measured in risk to fishermen and their boats and crews.

The Tillamook Bay bar has become dangerous too -- needs dredging out, I guess. Read about one death there a couple of weeks ago.

I never eat Dungeness crab without remembering the risk taken.

[pokerfan]

8. and there's no saliva in Dungeness Spit! (nt)

[Lasher]

9. And mountain oysters are...uh, Dungeness crabs are great!

I've had Dungeness once in my life. Blue crabs never were the same to me after that.

[KT2000]

10. Dungeness Bay

has Dungeness Crabs - right down the street from my house!!
Thre retired guys go down there daily to check their traps (in season), drink their whiskey out of a thermnos and have a good time though occassionally there are fights.

[grasswire]

11. lucky you

I love that area. Also near Dabob, IIRC. I've stayed at the cottages there on the water several times. Lovely area, Sequim and environs.

[KT2000]

14. Thank you

I consider myself lucky.
It's definitely my speed - pretty laid back.

[SwampG8r]

15. so...im probably wrong about shittake mushrooms?

[Dr Morbius]

23. Extra i, one t. Shiitake.

And Dungeness crab is named after the Washington town of Dungeness, named after a similar town in England. They're found all up the Pacific coast, up to the Aleutian Islands, which by the way were named after a Chukchi word for "island".

Etymology is your friend. Really.

[SwampG8r]

24. buzz killington

[LynneSin]

18. Give me a good old fashion Blue Crab any day of the week :D

[Crystal Clarity]

19. Makes a great gift!

:evilgrin:

[Gormy Cuss]

20. Well duh. Everyone knows that dungeness is a subtype of dominatrix.

:+

[KamaAina]

21. Shhhhhhh!

Why do you think they're so popular in San Francisco :shrug: