Lobster Night?

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Hi Bob... What specie are you referring to when you say "ordinary
Alaskan crab"? ...Having lived near the Alaskan panhandle, I'm aware of
3 types of King, Snow, and the tastiest of them all: Dungeness. (We
used to catch and boil our own dungeness) ...On my first three HAL 10
day cruises there was an abundance of --yes-- "King" crab legs. ...In
fact at one time, for the barbecue, they had a whole washtub full of
them. ....I was shocked, as in British Columbia here, we pay close to 20
bucks for 3 or 4 legs. ...Jon

There are many kinds of crabmeat that are regional to different parts of the
country. Because we live in the Philadelphia area we are used to Maryland
crabmeat and crab cakes.

Last year in San Diego we ate at a seafood restaurant next to the pier and I
ordered Dungeness crab cakes and I was very disappointed, although that may
have been the fault of the restaurant. It was far from the lump crabmeat we
are used to on the east coast.

DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

From: "Mike Cordelli"

I'd even bet Red Lobster can do it up
better than most cruise ships

I wouldn't go that far.

There is nothing special about lobster on a cruise ship, but there is something
special about a cruise ship, and that is the difference between cruise dining
and Red Lobster.

It is called "ambience"





DG in Cherry Hill, NJ

"NY Nurse" wrote in message
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We have been on 11 cruises (with Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival, RCCL
and Princess) and have had lobster on all of them. Even the three
nighter with RCCL (September 2001--the weekend before 9/11). The best
lobster was on Princess when we sailed to Canada and New England. They
took on some very fresh lobster in Bar Harbor, Maine. What a meal!!!!


Then you most likely got the Maine lobster... the GOOD stuff.

--Tom

ojunk (Dick Goldhaber) wrote:

Last year in San Diego we ate at a seafood restaurant next to the pier and
I ordered Dungeness crab cakes and I was very disappointed, although that
may have been the fault of the restaurant. It was far from the lump crabmeat
we are used to on the east coast.

Usually we get great Dungeness crab here in the San Francisco Bay Area. During
the season, when it is at its best, we have it at least once a week at home.
Delicious.

(BlueM0ZARK) wrote in message ...
I can recall one occasion in which the Alaskan King Crab was on the
dining menu of a Princess cruise. I promptly ordered a double portion,
and got it.

So, you're saying you had crabs on a cruise....

I said I had Alaskan King Crab on a Princess cruise dinner menu. I think
it was on an Alaskan cruise.

If your comment was meant to be some kind of joke, then you can fill in
the punch line(s) yourself.

-- Bob.

wrote in message ...
Hi Bob... What specie are you referring to when you say "ordinary
Alaskan crab"?

I was referring to the Alaskan SNOW crab, some are euphemistically
called Queen crab, to distinguish them from the Alaskan King crab.

They are served in thousands of buffet restaurants of the "all you
can eat type" in the USA. I am surprised that these Alaskan snow
crabs have not been eaten to near-extinction, because I personally
have eaten a ton or two of them myself over the years; :-) whereas
the Alaskan King crab was almost eaten to extinction in the 1980s
(and made a come back later) and I have hardly eaten more than 100
lbs of those in my life time.

Hence my use of "ordinary" Alaskan crab. Neither meant to be a
scientific nor echthylogical term. :-)


....On my first three HAL 10
day cruises there was an abundance of --yes-- "King" crab legs. ...In
fact at one time, for the barbecue, they had a whole washtub full of
them. ....I was shocked, as in British Columbia here, we pay close to 20
bucks for 3 or 4 legs. ...Jon

Even among Alaskan King Crab legs, there are King crab legs that are
served in their non-chunky-leg skinny sections, as in the Bellagio
buffet in Las Vegas, and in a few other fairly expensive buffets. Then
there are still "unlimited" Alaskan King Crab legs (chunky and meaty
pieces -- the real LEG portion) served in certain buffets, such as the
New Orleans Manor in Nashville, near the Nashville (BNA) airport. The
buffet was $30 per person, 25 years ago. I have eaten there recently
but don't recall if the buffet is now in the $40 or $50 range.

Some years later, I went there looking for the same buffet and the own
said the Alaskan King crabs served had been listed in the endangered
species and they stopped serving that in their buffet. In recent years,
the CHUNKY-leg Alaskan King Crab is back on that buffet menu.

Alaskan King crabs are rare, with the exception of perhaps in Alaska.

That pretty much exhausted what I know or have to say about Alaskan King
Crabs, and their roles in restaurants and cruises.

-- Bob.

"Petite Gâteaued " wrote in message
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ojunk (Dick Goldhaber) wrote:

From: "Mike Cordelli"

I'd even bet Red Lobster can do it up
better than most cruise ships

I wouldn't go that far.

There is nothing special about lobster on a cruise ship, but there is
something
special about a cruise ship, and that is the difference between cruise
dining
and Red Lobster.

It is called "ambience"

... and we're talking about food, specifically lobster.
Unfortunately, I've had a few cruise ship meals that had me wishing I
was back home at my local greasy spoon. A cruise ship doesn't a good
meal make.

Karen


The sell DiGels in the "ambiance" gift shops on board ships.

--Tom

Hi Bob... I'm aware of the look of "Snow crabs" ...Not as tasty as King,
IMHO. ...Perhaps the HAL ships had an abundance of the "King" variety ,
as some of the cruises that I took had just finished the Alaska run for
the summer. ...Jon

NY Nurse wrote:
We have been on 11 cruises (with Celebrity, Norwegian, Carnival, RCCL
and Princess) and have had lobster on all of them.

I cruised about 15 times before I tried the lobster on a cruise ship.
So far, the best lobster has been on Carnival and Norwegian. I tried
lobster on RCI and Princess and I did not care for it. Maybe they will
make some changes.

Becca -----enjoyed the Nova Scotia lobster on the Norwegian Dawn...

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Becca

What did your lobster tails look like?

We were on the Ncl Dawn in January & our lobster tails were skinny
little mushy things. First time I never asked for seconds!

Florence