jpmcgrew
Executive Chef
I adore fresh lump crab but alas I will not get any around here. The imitation is ok if it's mixed with other ingredients like mayo and such. It's not bad as a crab salad on a roll, quesadillas and things like that. For crab cakes I like real crab but I have not tried to make crab cakes with the fake the fake seems to be sweeter than real crab. But I'm kinda thinking if you mixed a can or two of good quality crab since I can't get the fresh with the fake you might get a decent crab cake. I don't mind the fake because I don't try to pretend it's real crab it's just another version of seafood. God, I wish I had access to fresh seafood and the frozen I can get is usually substandard and seems to be the stuff no one else would buy although I can get some decent frozen shrimp.