On 2009-12-16, Duwop > wrote:

> You'd need a time machine for $2/lb crab, with diesel costs as high as
> they are you're looking at $5/lb, live or cooked. Been pretty steady
> the last few years. Have priced HMBay docks, asian markets, etc.
> they're all within $1 of each other.

Wow!

I forgot about price of fuel for crab boats, which are an incredibly
inefficient use us motor power. No doubt it has impacted crab prices,
despite diesel fuel back to near sane price levels.

I used to love going to Pillar Point and buying off the boat after a
couple martinis and bbq oysters at the PP Harbor Bar. Jes over 2 yrs
ago, it was $3.50lb for live crab. I'd say $5lb is not at all out of
line. Buying fresh and boiling your own is, of course, awesome.
Plus, it was always a nice day trip to the coast. In the Summer,
great buys on produce. Strawberries at San Gregorio, Ollalie berries
a few miles south of there, artichokes everywhere.... Damn, I need to
take a trip this Summer!

nb