Besides the taste, does anyone know of a way to tell the difference? I was
in Costco last week and they were selling what they said were stone crab
claws for (as I recall, 6.99 lb). I asked if they were stone or jonah crab
claws and the kid had no idea. I know that stone crab is usually much more
expensive than 6.99 per (at least at the restaurants that have them)/
thanks
sharkman

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thanks... They may both be technically stone crabs but they dont taste the
same... Looking at the pix, there is a slight difference in appearence..
thanks much.

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Steve Wertz wrote:
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006 07:09:44 -0400, wrote:

Besides the taste, does anyone know of a way to tell the
difference? I was in Costco last week and they were selling what
they said were stone crab claws for (as I recall, 6.99 lb). I asked
if they were stone or jonah crab claws and the kid had no idea. I
know that stone crab is usually much more expensive than 6.99 per
(at least at the restaurants that have them)/ thanks
sharkman

Jonah crab claws have smooth, roundish pincers. Stone crab claws
are more crooked and have slightly larger, rougher pincers.

I think they're both technically stone crabs.

Did some digging and found this:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Shelfishcrab.html

-sw

wrote:
thanks... They may both be technically stone crabs but they dont taste the
same... Looking at the pix, there is a slight difference in appearence..
thanks much.

Slight?

Jonah crab claws look like ordinary crab claws with
ink on the tips.

Stone-crab claws look like they were designed by
Walt Disney.

--Blair

Steve Wertz wrote:
Did some digging and found this:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Shelfishcrab.html

-sw

That site says snow crab=tanner crab. I though "snow crab" was
exclusively the opilio spp. Tanner crabs are a different species and
typically much smaller. Do they both go by the moniker "snow crab"?
Here's a pic of the differences:
http://blueocean.org/seafood/species/36.html
It's not really clear by what's on the above site, either.

-L.

sorry.. we were talking about STONE not snow crab claws..

--
Shafer - Professional Web Surfer and President of the PWSAA; Official
BB and anywhere else pointgiver and CEO HRWB.

-L. wrote:
Steve Wertz wrote:
Did some digging and found this:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Shelfishcrab.html

-sw

That site says snow crab=tanner crab. I though "snow crab" was
exclusively the opilio spp. Tanner crabs are a different species and
typically much smaller. Do they both go by the moniker "snow crab"?
Here's a pic of the differences:
http://blueocean.org/seafood/species/36.html
It's not really clear by what's on the above site, either.

-L.

sorry.. we were talking about STONE not snow crab claws..

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-L. wrote:
Steve Wertz wrote:
Did some digging and found this:
http://www.foodsubs.com/Shelfishcrab.html

-sw

That site says snow crab=tanner crab. I though "snow crab" was
exclusively the opilio spp. Tanner crabs are a different species and
typically much smaller. Do they both go by the moniker "snow crab"?
Here's a pic of the differences:
http://blueocean.org/seafood/species/36.html
It's not really clear by what's on the above site, either.

-L.

wrote:
sorry.. we were talking about STONE not snow crab claws..

Oh, so no one is allowed to ask a question?

Hate to tell ya, asshole, but it's an open, unmoderated forum...

-L.

namecalling was unnecessary.. You might have gotten a related answer had you
changed the subject line to snow crabs or something that related to your
question.
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-L. wrote:
wrote:
sorry.. we were talking about STONE not snow crab claws..

Oh, so no one is allowed to ask a question?

Hate to tell ya, asshole, but it's an open, unmoderated forum...

-L.

wrote:
namecalling was unnecessary.. You might have gotten a related answer had you
changed the subject line to snow crabs or something that related to your
question.

No, you were being an asshole.

Don't expect people to follow netiquette. There
is no such thing.

And you're about to get flamed for top-posting.

--Blair