legant Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Giant is currently offering a 16 ounce can of Phillip's pasturized crab for $9, normally retailing for $15. (The 8 oz container is $8.) Product of Vietnam or not, I'll be making my own crab cakes and crab imperial this weekend. Maybe even a mac 'n cheese 'n crab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Deb Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hi Everyone. I want to buy some jumbo lump crab meat to make crab cakes at home. Where can I find good quality at reasonable prices? I have a Restaurant Depot membership but have never actually compared their prices. I have heard that Slavin & Sons in Arlington has great quality but will it break the bank? Thanks. Deb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monavano Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Hi Everyone. I want to buy some jumbo lump crab meat to make crab cakes at home. Where can I find good quality at reasonable prices? I have a Restaurant Depot membership but have never actually compared their prices. I have heard that Slavin & Sons in Arlington has great quality but will it break the bank? Thanks. Deb Buster's Seafood-Dupont and White House markets. Perhaps not the cheapest, but local. They've been a staple at the markets for a while now. I'm not sure if they're at the Courthouse market in the winter, nor am I confident that they carry their lump crab meat year-round. That said, I've found Slavin's seafood to be dependably fresh and competitively priced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScotteeM Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 We had been getting wonderful fresh jumbo lump at Wegmans for a decent price, but I think the season is over, because now all they have is Pasteurized, which isn't bad, really. Maine Avenue usually has great selection and really good prices. I've gotten steamed-to-order hardshell crabs there, which were fabulous, and I've stood in the parking lot slurping oysters out of their shells on a styrofoam plate. I'd look there for good crabmeat. Just be sure to read the label, because much of it is coming from Asia these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sthitch Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Until I can get larger blue crabs, I have switched to getting live Dungeness from Great Wall, great crab flavor, not fishy, and quite simple to clean. I am not sure if I am going to be switching back to Blues this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Unless the employment situation changes there are dire warnings about Chesapeake Crab meat being available this season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dracisk Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 4 hours ago, DaveO said: Unless the employment situation changes there are dire warnings about Chesapeake Crab meat being available this season The cascading effects of immigration policy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 On 5/4/2018 at 5:38 PM, dracisk said: The cascading effects of immigration policy. WashPo is further looking at the issue with its political implications and the reactions of the local population. These days everything is political. Food is political. Restaurants are political. Picking crab meat is political. Meanwhile right now there are crabs sitting at the southern edge of the bay and the crab meat isn't going to market, nor are the watermen working. And many of the reactions are political. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 4 hours ago, DaveO said: WashPo is further looking at the issue with its political implications and the reactions of the local population. “There are different sides to it.” “Finger-pointing won’t help.” “Immigration has to be legal.” “He’s the best president we’ve had in a long time.” This reminds me of good ol' Mayor James "Ooker" Eskridge and his insistence that global warming isn't destroying Tangier Island. A big chunk of the demographic that voted for DJT, will be hurt the most by his pandering policy decisions (see coal miners). And somehow, he won't be to blame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveO Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 In a subsequent effort the local crab industry was unable to secure visas for crab pickers. I suppose little local lump crab meat and/or high prices Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squidsdc Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 On 6/24/2018 at 1:19 PM, DaveO said: In a subsequent effort the local crab industry was unable to secure visas for crab pickers. I suppose little local lump crab meat and/or high prices Or both..and fraud. WaPo article on diluted crab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curiouskitkatt Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 On 8/6/2018 at 6:40 AM, squidsdc said: Or both..and fraud. WaPo article on diluted crab When in doubt, this guide shall prove helpful. Lump crabmeat as of lately has not at all impressed me. I find it to be bland. It may have been due to the fact that it has been sourced from vendors that freeze their crabmeat and is sold in volume to whichever restaurants I have been dining at. If you want the real thing, the only alternative is to pay the expense to pick it on your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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