Crabby story from the fish market
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
Eugene, Oregon
February 4, 2018 2:07pm CST
Our best local fish market has the freshest fish from the nearby Pacific ocean. It is also a busy restaurant and when I stopped there yesterday to buy fish, the line was out the door. Most of the people were there for lunch. I needed to get to the fish counter to see what was fresh and available, so eased through the crowd.
Finding some great looking Rock-fish, I waited a bit to be served. One guy got my fish and another one opened a second checkout register. I noticed this cashier had on gloves and kept shaking his right hand and grimacing while he was serving the woman in front of me. Then we saw the bandage under his glove.
It was no wonder his finger hurt. Oregon's Dungeness Crab season finally opened and the crabs are brought in live to be steamed, cleaned and sold. It turned out that one feisty crab with big claws had, in self-defense, grabbed hold of this guy's middle finger and gave it a nasty bite.
I did not envy the young man having to work the register with a swollen, wounded finger.
Now I know why I have never gone crabbing.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Feb 18
This breed has some big pinchers!
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Feb 18
@NJChicaa I prefer the Dungeness I think. So delicious!
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@NJChicaa (127165)
• United States
4 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic I've never seen a Dungeness crab. We just have blue crabs here on the East coast. I do love me some Alaskan King Crab though!
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@jaboUK (64346)
• United Kingdom
5 Feb 18
@JamesHxstatic I don't know, but it's horrendous. Perhaps they are hard to kill because their shells protect them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Feb 18
@jaboUK I may have to look into this. Thinking about it, I've not eaten crab for many years, Anne does not like them.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Feb 18
I sort of agree on that barbaric part, never eat lobster and rarely ever a crab. I wonder where that awful way of cooking crab came from?
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Feb 18
At least they took him off of crab duty before he got pinched again.
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@celticeagle (189927)
• Boise, Idaho
4 Feb 18
OUCH!! Makes me feel badly for the fish. Not just the guy. But, I do love seafood.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Feb 18
Yes, so do I, the rock fish was delicious.
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!@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Feb 18
Yes, I am sure it would be painful.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Feb 18
I guess almost nothing is all bad.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Feb 18
Understandable, it is not a humane practice.
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@RasmaSandra (98072)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Feb 18
Lucky you being able to get all that fresh seafood. Seafood here is very expensive, shellfish is not always available and if anything I get some frozen fillets.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Feb 18
Yes, we both love seafood and I like to get the freshest possible.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
9 Feb 18
Yes, I suspect that he is too. He was in some pain.
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@teamfreak16 (43648)
• Denver, Colorado
7 Feb 18
Ouch. Doesn't sound like much fun to me.
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@BloggerDi (3121)
• United States
5 Feb 18
I'm sure that was a very loooong shift for the young man! 
My husband loves crab. I like the taste of it too, but I find the process of getting the meat out of the shell to be very time-consuming and tedious. I'm not sure it's worth all that work for me.
My husband loves crab. I like the taste of it too, but I find the process of getting the meat out of the shell to be very time-consuming and tedious. I'm not sure it's worth all that work for me.1 person likes this
@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
5 Feb 18
True, and as @JaboUK pointed out, the cooking method seems barbaric.
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