Holy Moly! Have any of you checked on the price of crab?

[no_hypocrisy]

As it's the end of summer and a holiday week-end, I figured, hey, why not crab salad. Lots of good recipes online. All requiring one pound of jumbo lump crabmeat.

I went to Fairway Supermarket one hour ago.

$28.99 for eight ounces! That's right. Nearly $60 for the crab alone for any given recipe.

Well, hamburgers and hot dogs are starting to look good to me now . . . . OK, from the butcher at least.

[SWBTATTReg]

1. They can't hire workers anymore to shell the crabs and such...thus getting more ...

expensive...I'm sure that a lot of labor intensive foods are going to be that way...

[SCantiGOP]

2. Yeah, labor intensive foods like...

.....fruits and vegetables.

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Yes, I noticed this too...thanks...nt

[wasupaloopa]

4. Here in Santa Maria, CA we have want ads

in the paper for “harvesters”.

Not a lot of legal citizens going after those jobs.

[SCantiGOP]

7. And on the other side of the country

There are reports in Georgia and SC of some farmers having 1/3 to one half of their tomato crop rotting in the field for lack of workers.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Trumponomics. Ripple effect of throttling all forms of immigration. . . . . nt

[SWBTATTReg]

6. Yep...and I don't blame the immigrants, both legal or not...too much risk for them ...

in these times...

[Boxerfan]

8. I have boiled & cracked many thousands of crabs-and never eaten a morsel.

I had a part time under the table gig-Christmas season.

The place was great-the manager was a decent guy & when the crab season was "on" he would pay cash-under the table-to locals for labor. Worked great for me-and I commuted by small boat-in all weather-ahhh the memories.

For me the bonus was I got all the coffee based drinks I wanted for free-and I would work till 4-5 am & make enough for bills for a week. I was caretaker for my Mother at the time so it really helped.

But I hated the boiling-they scream tiny little screams.....

[Worried senior]

10. I could never

boil a crab or lobster alive.

[Vinca]

9. Can you get live lobsters where you live? They're fairly affordable right now.

Nothing's better than a lobster (or "lobstah&quot roll or a lobster salad.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

13. Where I live in TX they are 17.95/lb. But home

In CT..like $9-10. Lobster is heaven on Earth to me !

[becca da bakkah]

11. That's Some Serious Sticker Shock!-----

----A pound of crab in a plastic container is $23.99 at Costco near Palm Springs, CA. We go about once a month, and that has just about doubled since our last visit. Still, I guess if you have to have it, Costco's price is the cheapest way to go.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

12. I have never ever tasted any crab in a container

that was good. Always has "this side of bad" taste to me, anyway.

Although I do wonder about New Orleans. So many fish filet dishes in restaurants have the most delicious crab on top and I doubt they shell.

What about getting a couple pounds of legs...like snow - they are easy to shell ?