So I finally decided to give crab cakes another go

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: marincounty

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Sawyer
West coast or East coast seafood?

Lol, both!

Dissing either coast to favor the other is pure provincialism.

No, it's called reality. The Gulf Coast has all of the good shrimp. The West Coast has the good crabs.

There is this thing called importing that solves that problem though.

Originally posted by: lxskllr
MD is the best place for anything crab. Most other areas don't even cook them right. They're supposed to be steamed, not boiled, and Marylanders know how to season them properly.

I prefer gulf coast preparation more.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: marincounty

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Sawyer
West coast or East coast seafood?

Lol, both!

Dissing either coast to favor the other is pure provincialism.

No, it's called reality. The Gulf Coast has all of the good shrimp. The West Coast has the good crabs.

You just proved my point. You have apparently never visited the Chesapeake Bay area of MD or you would never make such a provincial statement.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Originally posted by: marincounty
West coast Dungeness crab rules. Bigger, meatier, and sweeter than those tiny blue crabs.
Not as polluted either.

In the six months that I was in the area, I never saw a place in the South Bay pushing them 🙁

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: marincounty

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Sawyer
West coast or East coast seafood?

Lol, both!

Dissing either coast to favor the other is pure provincialism.

No, it's called reality. The Gulf Coast has all of the good shrimp. The West Coast has the good crabs.

You just proved my point. You have apparently never visited the Chesapeake Bay area of MD or you would never make such a provincial statement.

Wrong. I have relatives in Maryland and D.C. and have eaten blue crab many times.
It's still from a polluted area. I think you are warned to eat only so much crab there.

 

[NFS4]

Maryland-style crabcakes are the best. Jimmy's Famous Seafood (Baltimore, MD) makes the best crabcakes...EVER!

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: Common Courtesy

Originally posted by: marincounty
West coast Dungeness crab rules. Bigger, meatier, and sweeter than those tiny blue crabs.
Not as polluted either.

In the six months that I was in the area, I never saw a place in the South Bay pushing them 🙁

The South Bay is a culinary wasteland. And Dungeness crab is a seasonal thing here.
Try some after Thanksgiving. I even saw a southern chef on the food channel admitting that Dungeness crab is better.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: marincounty

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: marincounty

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: Sawyer
West coast or East coast seafood?

Lol, both!

Dissing either coast to favor the other is pure provincialism.

No, it's called reality. The Gulf Coast has all of the good shrimp. The West Coast has the good crabs.

You just proved my point. You have apparently never visited the Chesapeake Bay area of MD or you would never make such a provincial statement.

Wrong. I have relatives in Maryland and D.C. and have eaten blue crab many times.
It's still from a polluted area. I think you are warned to eat only so much crab there.

You really shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about. I have lived in the DC area my entire life, have family on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and own property there currently and have never been warned about eating too many crabs, crab cakes, or oysters due to "pollution". Almost every small town down there has big oyster and crab dinners to raise money for the volunteer fire departments and people aren't dropping dead by the scores.

 

[nerp]

Dude, Red Lobster is nasty!

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Perknose

You just proved my point. You have apparently never visited the Chesapeake Bay area of MD or you would never make such a provincial statement.

chesapeake is practically barren. sure, there's a little bit of shellfish coming out of it, but most of what is served there is from the gulf coast.

and blue crab is the tastiest. easiest to eat, no.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
I was at Red Lobster and order a meal that came with crab cakes, shrimp, clam strips and fish. Absolutely disgusting just as I remembered, never again. While bad, they were still not as disgusting as oysters.

Why go to red lobster if you hate seafood? Go to applebees and save some money.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: nerp
Dude, Red Lobster is nasty!

Also, this.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
I was at Red Lobster and order a meal that came with crab cakes, shrimp, clam strips and fish. Absolutely disgusting just as I remembered, never again. While bad, they were still not as disgusting as oysters.

as others said, going to chain places is a ridiculousy horrible idea when you want *good* food. red lobster has ok cheesy biscuits, chilis might have a so so burger or chicken, but really , please, eat local.

and omfg i just saw youre in NC. eat at a god damn local place ffs. its a coastal state, you dont need some god damn red lobster if you want seafood.

edit: ohhh your profile says nc

find somewhere local anyway, but if you cant get freshly packed crab, crabcakes or whatever will suck. go to the coast...and get some in season.

 

[FelixDeCat]

Long John Silvers crabcakes are very good. I couldnt go more than a few days without them back in 2006/7. Now Im kind of burned out on them.🙁

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Unless you live in an area where you can drive to the ocean in 10 minutes or less you won't find a good crab cake in a restaurant. Try making your own, they're not hard and are delicious when done properly.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Here's a wild thought, you could learn to prepare them yourself. It ain't rocket science.

 

[biggestmuff]

Congrats. You just ate spiders. Filthy.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

They smell awful, and taste just like it, hate them.

 

[GoSharks]

This is a proper crab cake:
http://media.photobucket.com/i...daDrive/IMG_2400-1.jpg
http://www.cookthink.com/blog/?p=781

Damn good.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Sawyer
Joe's Crab Shack

Joe's is better than Red Lobster.

 

[tk149]

Originally posted by: Perknose
FYI, Red Lobster is not the best place to go to experience good seafood, just as McDonalds doesn't make the best hamburger.

:thumbsup: This man speaks truth.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Perknose
You just proved my point. You have apparently never visited the Chesapeake Bay area of MD or you would never make such a provincial statement.

chesapeake is practically barren. sure, there's a little bit of shellfish coming out of it, but most of what is served there is from the gulf coast.

and blue crab is the tastiest. easiest to eat, no.

Says the guy with HoustonHoustonHouston in his profile. I'll let Linflas answer you:

Originally posted by: Linflas
You really shouldn't talk about things you know nothing about. I have lived in the DC area my entire life, have family on Maryland's Eastern Shore, and own property there currently and have never been warned about eating too many crabs, crab cakes, or oysters due to "pollution". Almost every small town down there has big oyster and crab dinners to raise money for the volunteer fire departments and people aren't dropping dead by the scores.

 

[Dumac]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
Congrats. You just ate spiders. Filthy.

:roll: way to talk out of your misinformed ass.

 

[Siddhartha]

I gave up on crab cakes too. Every time I tried them they dd not taste like crab to me. Until I had Frank's, Rehoboth beach, crab cakes. You can actually see and taste the clunks of crab meat in the patties.

 

[Fritzo]

I'm not a big crab cake fan, but I like them once in a while. Down south they tend to cajun them up with a ton of red pepper. Whooooboy!

 

[krunchykrome]

theres your problem, red lobster lol

Thats the mcdonalds of seafood

if you want crab cakes, come to maryland

Maryland does two things, crabcakes and football!