At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
$8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
this?
Janet

"Janet B." > wrote in message
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> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
> this?
> Janet


Snow crab maybe?

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> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>> this?
>> Janet
>
>
> Snow crab maybe?


Whoops, King crab I mean.

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> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>> this?
>> Janet
>
>
> Snow crab maybe?
Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to ask,
but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a hurry.
Janet

Janet B. wrote:
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>> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs
>>> for $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound.
>>> What's this?
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Snow crab maybe?
> Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
> because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to
> ask, but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a
> hurry. Janet

There is a visible difference. King crab legs are much larger and sort of
"spiney" looking. Snow crab legs are smooth. Maybe you can call the store;
things may have slowed down now.

Jill

In article >,
says...
> There is a visible difference. King crab legs are much larger and sort of
> "spiney" looking. Snow crab legs are smooth. Maybe you can call the store;
> things may have slowed down now.
>
> Jill
>

And, king crab is much better.

--
Peter Aitken

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> Janet B. wrote:
>> "Peter" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> "Janet B." > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs
>>>> for $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound.
>>>> What's this?
>>>> Janet
>>>
>>>
>>> Snow crab maybe?
>> Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
>> because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to
>> ask, but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a
>> hurry. Janet
>
> There is a visible difference. King crab legs are much larger and sort of
> "spiney" looking. Snow crab legs are smooth. Maybe you can call the
> store;
> things may have slowed down now.
>
> Jill
>
Thanks, Jill. I will.
Janet

"Janet B." > wrote

> Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
> because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to ask,
> but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a hurry.

Snow crab legs that I've ever seen are maybe 8 inches long
in total, while king crab, maybe each segment is 8 inches long.
I don't think I'm exaggerating by much.

nancy

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> "Peter" > wrote in message
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>> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>>> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>>> this?
>>> Janet
>>
>>
>> Snow crab maybe?
> Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
> because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to ask,
> but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a hurry.
> Janet


There is, I guess, not that I could help you with it off hand. I have seen
Red King Crab for sale as Red Alaskan before, so that would be my guess on
the more expensive one, they are always pre-cooked and frozen shipped as far
as I know. The cheaper one might be snow crab? no idea. The prices for
both could vary by season, catch and location, so your guess is as good as
mine.

Peter wrote:
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>>"Peter" > wrote in message
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>>>"Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>>
>>>>At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>>>>$8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>>>>this?
>>>>Janet
>>>
>>>
>>>Snow crab maybe?
>>
>>Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
>>because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to ask,
>>but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a hurry.
>>Janet
>
>
>
> There is, I guess, not that I could help you with it off hand. I have seen
> Red King Crab for sale as Red Alaskan before, so that would be my guess on
> the more expensive one, they are always pre-cooked and frozen shipped as far
> as I know. The cheaper one might be snow crab? no idea. The prices for
> both could vary by season, catch and location, so your guess is as good as
> mine.
>
>
King crabs sell, from the boat, for about US$30 each, snow crab, or
ofilio, sell for less than half that amount. King crabs, and their legs,
are about 4 times bigger than a snow crab. Ilearned all of this by
watching "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel for the last few
years. All about crabbing in the Bering Sea. there are also exacting
limits on the pounds of each crab allowed to be caught.

Go here for pictures of each:
http://www.fishermansexpress.com/photo-gallery.html

George

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
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> King crabs sell, from the boat, for about US$30 each, snow crab, or
> ofilio, sell for less than half that amount. King crabs, and their legs,
> are about 4 times bigger than a snow crab. Ilearned all of this by
> watching "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel for the last few
> years. All about crabbing in the Bering Sea. there are also exacting
> limits on the pounds of each crab allowed to be caught.
>
> Go here for pictures of each:
> http://www.fishermansexpress.com/photo-gallery.html
>
> George


Thanks, I think I've seen that show, hosted by Mike Rowe, right? He is
pretty funny with Dirty Jobs.

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>>>>"Janet B." > wrote in message
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>>>>>At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>>>>>$8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>>>>>this?
>>>>>Janet
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Snow crab maybe?
>>>
>>>Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs? --
>>>because both legs looked the same to me. I would have hung around to
>>>ask, but the butchers were busy with a bunch of people and I was in a
>>>hurry.
>>>Janet
>>
>>
>>
>> There is, I guess, not that I could help you with it off hand. I have
>> seen Red King Crab for sale as Red Alaskan before, so that would be my
>> guess on the more expensive one, they are always pre-cooked and frozen
>> shipped as far as I know. The cheaper one might be snow crab? no idea.
>> The prices for both could vary by season, catch and location, so your
>> guess is as good as mine.
> King crabs sell, from the boat, for about US$30 each, snow crab, or
> ofilio, sell for less than half that amount. King crabs, and their legs,
> are about 4 times bigger than a snow crab. Ilearned all of this by
> watching "Deadliest Catch" on the Discovery Channel for the last few
> years. All about crabbing in the Bering Sea. there are also exacting
> limits on the pounds of each crab allowed to be caught.
>
> Go here for pictures of each:
> http://www.fishermansexpress.com/photo-gallery.html
>
> George
>
Snow crab as I remember are pretty much as described here, that's why I was
puzzled by the two offerings. I'll see if I can get the butcher to
elaborate. Thanks
Janet

Janet B. wrote:

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> "Peter" > wrote in message
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> >"Janet B." > wrote in message
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> > > At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab
> > > legs for $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99
> > > per pound. What's this? Janet
> >
> >
> > Snow crab maybe?
> Is there a visible difference between King crab and Snow crab legs?

Snow crab are a different species, and generally much smaller. The TV
show "Deadliest Catch" features Alaskan fishermen, after king crab in
the fall and opelia (snow) crab in the winter.




Brian

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won't shut up.
-- Dorothy Gambrell (http://catandgirl.com)

"Janet B." > wrote in message
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> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
> this?
> Janet
>
>

Raw ($8.99) and Steamed ($11.99) perhaps?

KW

"KW" <keith_warrennospamatallteldotnet> wrote in message
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> "Janet B." > wrote in message
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>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>> this?
>> Janet
>>
>>
>
> Raw ($8.99) and Steamed ($11.99) perhaps?
>
> KW
>
Sorry, I should have said that both items were already cooked (red).
Janet

"Janet B." > wrote in
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> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
> this?
> Janet
>
>
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/not...h/kingcrab.php

http://www.fishermansexpress.com/king-crab-101.html

etc.

"Morvin Stayner" > wrote in message
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> "Janet B." > wrote in
> :
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>> At the local supermarket, in the fish case, I saw Alaskan crab legs for
>> $8.99 per pound and Red Alaskan crab legs for $11.99 per pound. What's
>> this?
>> Janet
>>
>>
> http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/not...h/kingcrab.php
>
> http://www.fishermansexpress.com/king-crab-101.html
>
> etc.

Thanks for that! All is explained. }
Janet