Andy wrote:
> The last time I bought a pound of blue jumbo lump crab meat was last year
> for about $21. At the seafood market in town today it's $29.
>
> At the Whole Foods market in Devon today it was selling for $35!!!
>
> I asked the employee behind the counter if it was a typo and she laughed
> and said no.
>
> On the web it's anywhere from $33 - $55!
>
> That's highway robbery!
>
> This CAN'T be the Katrinna Effect! It's almost all from Maryland!??
> What's the price in your area?

Not Katrina but close. There was a lot of flooding this year on the main
rivers that empty into Chesapeake Bay. That tends to mess up the crabs.


>
> I understand it's hard to get such large lumps of crab, but no harder
> than last year or the year before...
>
> The BUMS!!!
>
> Andy
>