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Some of you may recall the brouhaha last year when Whole Foods/Fresh Fields markets hit the news with their announcement that they would no longer be selling live soft-shell crabs (although frozen was ok) or lobsters in their stores because of boycotts from certain animal rights advocates that it was cruel.
So this season, two things have already caught my attention - both outrageous.
1) Last Saturday husband & I were at the Whole Foods in Charlottesville, VA, & saw their frozen soft-shell crabs. Get this - two cleaned crabs, absolutely no larger than 4 inches (point to point), marked "JUMBO" (what a joke!!!!), & going for $10.99 per package. I'm not kidding when I say that due to the size of the crabs it would probably take about 4 of those packages to feed two people. Compare that to my local gourmet/seafood shop that sells fresh LIVE soft-shell crabs, SIX inches point-to-point, for $5.00 each. Go figure.
2) Today's New York Times Food Section had an article & recipe by Mark Bittmann for "Soft Shell Crab Po' Boy" sandwiches. There was a video/slide show accompanying the article, which was prefaced by the following:
"(Warning: Contains images of violence to crabs.)"
Honestly!!!!!!
So this season, two things have already caught my attention - both outrageous.
1) Last Saturday husband & I were at the Whole Foods in Charlottesville, VA, & saw their frozen soft-shell crabs. Get this - two cleaned crabs, absolutely no larger than 4 inches (point to point), marked "JUMBO" (what a joke!!!!), & going for $10.99 per package. I'm not kidding when I say that due to the size of the crabs it would probably take about 4 of those packages to feed two people. Compare that to my local gourmet/seafood shop that sells fresh LIVE soft-shell crabs, SIX inches point-to-point, for $5.00 each. Go figure.
2) Today's New York Times Food Section had an article & recipe by Mark Bittmann for "Soft Shell Crab Po' Boy" sandwiches. There was a video/slide show accompanying the article, which was prefaced by the following:
"(Warning: Contains images of violence to crabs.)"
Honestly!!!!!!