Imitation crab

[Al Czervik]

If you have to use it, is there a better brand than Osaki?

 

[Walt Longmire]

I've had some very good surimi, but not this brand. I also use halibut to make 'poor man's lobster.' Mostly though when it comes to crab I eat the real thing. We catch our own when we go fishing in Kachemak Bay.

[Al Czervik]

6 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said:

I've had some very good surimi, but not this brand. I also use halibut to make 'poor man's lobster.' Mostly though when it comes to crab I eat the real thing. We catch our own when we go fishing in Kachemak Bay.

It's the individually wrapped stuff that most sushi restaurants use.  I use it for sunomono, sushi rolls, etc.  Just wondering if anyone else has a better brand.

I usually keep a crab pot or two on my dock to catch blues.

 

[Batesmotel]

I buy Crab Delights. Far from the best but not bad in salads and sandwiches and fairly inexpensive as well as easy to find. Made from Pollock. Must have a good sauce with it.

I’m really interested in your suggestions for good stuff.

[Al Czervik]

48 minutes ago, Batesmotel said:

I buy Crab Delights. Far from the best but not bad in salads and sandwiches and fairly inexpensive as well as easy to find. Made from Pollock. Must have a good sauce with it.

I’m really interested in your suggestions for good stuff.

Osaki is the best I have tried.  I get it at the local Asian market in the frozen section.  As they are individually wrapped, it is easy to defrost the quantity you need.  It is what you generally see in the sushi case, but I was just wondering if there is anything even better.

I don't catch a lot of crabs over the winter, so I generally default to imitation.  The local Asian market does, sometimes, get cases of live dungeness for around $20/lb.  King seems to have disappeared.  My bud that owns the local posh sushi joint says his price for the good king, when he can get it, is now around $70/lb.  So, he dropped it from the menu altogether.

[deputy tom]

We use Louis Kemp brand. tom.

 

[ChuteTheMall]

Surimi is the sausage of the sea.  

[gwalchmai]

Yep. Anyway, like I was sayin', Surimi is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, Surimi-kabobs, Surimi creole, Surimi gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple Surimi, lemon Surimi, coconut Surimi, pepper Surimi, Surimi soup, Surimi stew, Surimi salad, Surimi and potatoes, Surimi burger, Surimi sandwich. That- that's about it.

[minderasr]

1 hour ago, gwalchmai said:

Yep. Anyway, like I was sayin', Surimi is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, Surimi-kabobs, Surimi creole, Surimi gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple Surimi, lemon Surimi, coconut Surimi, pepper Surimi, Surimi soup, Surimi stew, Surimi salad, Surimi and potatoes, Surimi burger, Surimi sandwich. That- that's about it.

[Borg warner]

sur·i·mi

/səˈrēmē/

 

 

noun

noun: surimi

1. fish (often pollock) that is minced to make a gelatinous paste that is then flavored, reformed into flakes, sticks, or other shapes, and colored. It is used as a crab substitute.

   "Americans now eat more than 130 million pounds of surimi a year"

 

[gwalchmai]

11 hours ago, Borg warner said:

sur·i·mi

/səˈrēmē/

 

 

noun

noun: surimi

1. fish (often pollock) that is minced to make a gelatinous paste that is then flavored, reformed into flakes, sticks, or other shapes, and colored. It is used as a crab substitute.

   "Americans now eat more than 130 million pounds of surimi a year"

 

"Well, I dunno nuthin' aboutta dat, but it sure keeps da flies offa my pizza!" 

[Huaco Kid]

12 hours ago, Borg warner said:

sur·i·mi

/səˈrēmē/

 

noun

noun: surimi

1. It's people!

   "Americans now eat more than 130 million pounds of surimi a year"

 

 

[Borg warner]

1 hour ago, Huaco Kid said:

 

Soylent Pink is PEOPLE!

[DAKA]

On 12/1/2022 at 8:44 PM, Borg warner said:

sur·i·mi

/səˈrēmē/

 

 

noun

noun: surimi

1. fish (often pollock) that is minced to make a gelatinous paste that is then flavored, reformed into flakes, sticks, or other shapes, and colored. It is used as a crab substitute.

   "Americans now eat more than 130 million pounds of surimi a year"

 

No thanks....

[Dukenukem]

On 11/29/2022 at 8:04 AM, deputy tom said:

We use Louis Kemp brand. tom.

 

That looks like the nasty stuff on the hot bar at the Asian buffet. I can’t eat it. The op stuff looks like what’s on the sushi line at the same place. I find it good.

[Huaco Kid]

I get these loaded "platters" from the supermarket.  They are shaped, with an orange outer layer.  They peel apart in layers.  They don't even mention crab in the name,  just call them "Sea Legs", or something.

I'll snack on those all weekend.  The fish and crabs (and dog) like them, too.  (the little cat just goes, "ew!",  and runs away.)

I once tried to heat some up in a pan, but they just melt into a pool of stinky oil.

[Al Czervik]

Another good surimi product, iffin you like baby eels, but not the price.

[Huaco Kid]

29 minutes ago, Al Czervik said:

ew.

How do you even do that?

Get a very pregnant eel and crack it like a whip?

 

[Huaco Kid]

I don't like eel on my sushi.

I don't mind the flavor,  but one side is always really rough, like a cat's tongue.  Like swallowing sandpaper.

[Batesmotel]

Eel Good. 

[Huaco Kid]

2 hours ago, Huaco Kid said:

I'll snack on those all weekend. 

But you have to eat them all that weekend (a couple pounds?).

You can't come home on Friday, and try to finish them off,  because that's a pretty dicey proposition.

If you throw one down for the dog,  and she just looks at you like she knows it's a trick, it's best to just ditch them.

[Huaco Kid]

57 minutes ago, Batesmotel said:

Eel Good. 

I've never et sashimi the correct way,  where you sit at the bar and let the Master feed you his select choices.

I eat it like an American!

With a huge glob of wasabi in the soy, until it's a toxic lava,  and eat four rolls, without savoring any of it.

[Huaco Kid]

I sometimes get these 4"x4" chunks of raw tuna from the market,  and eat slices cut with a spyderco.

I've got real wasabi,  that's powder in a can.   You mix the powder with a little water, until it's a paste,  and stick it to the bottom of a glass,  and leave it sit upside down for a while.  I don't know why.  Ancient Japanese secret, 

It'll burn your eyes out,  from the back to the front.  You won't have to shave for a couple days.

Just a tiny dip in soy,  with a microscopic dab of wasabi,  and I can eat a whole brick of tuna,

[Walt Longmire]

We have so much fresh seafood here in Alaska, I'm afraid we are spoiled.

[minderasr]

11 hours ago, Huaco Kid said:

I sometimes get these 4"x4" chunks of raw tuna from the market,  and eat slices cut with a spyderco.

I've got real wasabi,  that's powder in a can.   You mix the powder with a little water, until it's a paste,  and stick it to the bottom of a glass,  and leave it sit upside down for a while.  I don't know why.  Ancient Japanese secret, 

It'll burn your eyes out,  from the back to the front.  You won't have to shave for a couple days.

Just a tiny dip in soy,  with a microscopic dab of wasabi,  and I can eat a whole brick of tuna,

Two places you can order real wasabi.

https://www.realwasabi.com/

https://www.thewasabistore.com/