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Why the FUCK is crab meat so expensive? Holy shit. So, I woke up this morning, I thought, I haven't had a good crab cake in a while, surely making them my own is cheaper than buying them at a restaurant! I drive to my local supermarket to find.... That the average price of crab meat is about $40 a pound. Huh? According to recipes one pound will get me 6 crab cakes. So with that cost, lets say factoring in the cheap other ingredients it is about $7 a crabcake. And you will need at least two, so $14 a person. Maybe a skimp out and just serve it with salad. I would still be down like $60 for 4 people! Just for crab cakes!
Seems a little crazy to me.
>tldr
Why is crabmeat so expensive? What does it cost you where you live? Is there a cheaper way to get it? Do I buy the whole crabs and get the meat myself?

>> No.16677229

>>16677206
Tub like that costs about £3 in the UK

>> No.16677234

>>16677229
or maybe a little more, how big is the can?

>> No.16677251

No idea, had the same experience today in NE US. I wanted to make crabcakes and they were selling crab meat for $50 a pound.

I bought a half pound of lobster meat for $15, still not cheap, but whatever it's Friday night.

I blame Biden

>> No.16677326

>>16677234
Its a pound/16oz/.45 kg.
>>16677251
>NE US
Same.

>> No.16677514

A 6oz can of crab meat at my closest Fred Meyer is $5.59 at this exact moment. So like $16/lb. $8.99/lb for crab still in the shell. That's pretty typical for crab prices. Isn't it a little early for crab season anyway?

I live a West coast liberal shithole btw (Portland).

>> No.16677521
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16677521

>>16677206
just get the real stuff instead

>> No.16677527
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16677527

Imitation crab is cheaper and almost as good

>> No.16677540

>>16677521
>this
I actually prefer imitation to the real thing. Especially in sushi dishes.

>> No.16677552

>not going crabbing on the bay yourself
Shiggy, diggy.

>> No.16677604

I'm landlocked so I don't eat seafood except shitty fucking tilapia, catfish, trout on special occasion, and frozen crap.
I do know a restauranteur on Hawaii who shuttered because he can't get decent lobster for a decent price anymore.

>> No.16677663

>>16677206
In Maryland, crab cakes average about $14 each so if you can make them for half that's still pretty good

>> No.16677685

>>16677206
Here in Mid-Atlantic its only like 17 dollars a lb
But then again we provide a lot of crab meat

>> No.16678057

>>16677206
Supply, demand.
Also scarcity of meat per crab. There's probably like 30 whole crabs worth of meat in there. Also, another factor is only certain crabs can be picked, and shelf life isn't as long as other foods.

It's a giant combination of a bunch of 'on the cusp' of things.

>> No.16678086
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16678086

>>16677206
WON'T YOU TAKE ME TO
CRABBY TOWN
*90s music playing faintly in the background*

>> No.16678096
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>>16678086
I wonder who could be eating all these crabs...

>> No.16678100

>>16678086
That's brutal.

>> No.16678171

>>16678100
>that is brutal
Crabs are fucking useless animals. i resent their presence. they dont deserve to breathe the same air as me. i detest seeing, hearing, or smelling them. they are not worthy of a level of consciousness. truly peasants. they should be harnessed to till the fields for crops. truly the lowest of the low. i hate crabs.

>> No.16678179

>>16677206
I live in a crab fishing town and the crabbers don't give locals a deal but they put those EAT CRAB bumper stickers on their lifted trucks.

Oh, I'll eat crab all right - FOR FREEEEEEEE HAHAHAHAHAHAAA.

>> No.16678190

>>16678100
>>16678171
You can tell by the colour that they've been cooked before processing.

>> No.16678238

>>16678190
That's the light shining through them, pay attention to the first part.

>> No.16678240

>>16678179
I just row out after dark and pull up their traps…fuck those guys

>> No.16678338

>>16678240
Nigger

>> No.16678355

>>16678238
Crabs and lobsters are black before they turn red.

>> No.16678409

>>16678171
And what the fuck are you gonna do, human-boi?
You gonna cry about it like a little bitch?
You gonna try to stab me? Lol good fucking luck I have a shell, you squishy little faggot.
You think I wanted the upcoming comeuppance we’ll be delivering to you at our convenience? I just wanted to fertilize some she-crabs and relax.
But you had to go and be a complete dick about it.
Have fun spending your later years on a human-reservation while we breed your women.

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>>16678171
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation
See you in a few eons crab boy.

>> No.16678450

>>16678171
>they dont deserve to breathe the same air as me
Don't worry buddy, they aren't

>> No.16678473

>>16677326
Isn't North Eastern US where that stuff would be cheapest?

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>>16678171
Do you want to fight tough guy?
Huh?

Fucking bitch.

Fucker...

>> No.16678487

>>16677604
It all goes to China.
Lobsters a big export where I live and the value of lobster exports to China is currently $750 Million, whereas 10 years ago the total value of all exports was $100 Million

>> No.16678549

>>16678473
Nothing in North eastern US is cheap.

>> No.16678557

>>16678190
>>16678409
>>16678428
>>16678474
should have known the crab apologists would be out in full force. crabs do breathe air and are a direct contributor to global warming based on the co2 that they produce. they regularly cut underwater cables because they are so stupid, mistaking them for prey. this has caused a sharp spike in the price of teflon, a material that is used. crabs are fucking retarded and should be erradicated as a species. luckily, steps have been put in place by french guiana, in a 2014 study presented to the UN

>> No.16678627

Thank god im a hobbyiest crabber

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>>16678171
this post smells of seagull
sorry it's so hard for you to eat crabs, bird brains

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>>16678086
>>16678096

>> No.16680385

>>16678487
this. americans just haven't quite yet understood they are no longer the premier market for all basic and luxury goods. need a few more years of empty shelves at walmart for that

>> No.16680544

i am highly amused by the anti-crab/pro-crab posting in this thread. who knew crabs could be so controversial

>> No.16680563

What kind of crab do they use in crab rangoons? It's delicious

>> No.16680611

Logistics chains are having to ramp back up and because of all the gibmedats from the last year nobody is filling the labor shortages, so unless you live right next to a processing plant it's going to cost a fortune.
I live in a heavy agriculture state so eggs are still $1/dozen and milk is $2.70/gal, but other places its $4-7/gal because there's nobody to move it from here to there