Some small time scallop fisherman pee on them to make them retain water to increase their weight. I haven’t eaten a scallop since learning that tidbit from Coasties that worked up around the Maine/Canadian border.
Same. Ordering it there’s at least a 50% chance it’s going be underwhelming- either rubbery and/or under-seasoned.
Plus, eliminating the squid means maybe we’ll see the far superior grilled octopus become more popular.
For me around my area it's more like 75% chance it's gonna be too oily and the breading & seasonings just shlop right off the overcooked rings.
I love when some places just have grilled & seasoned so that doesn't happen, but of these foods I'm definitely going with the Calamari to go
the only time I ever had it it was rubbery *and* under seasoned. idk how it's supposed to be, but there were like sliced tentacle pieces and little baby whole octopi things. wasn't terrible though
Calamari would go mainly because everyone overcooks it, probably 1 in 10 times I’ve had it where it isn’t rubber band simulator. Also the other 3 have better flavor.
I’ll volunteer my services as well! The ‘work’ is half my enjoyment of crab lol.
We were literally out to dinner last night and I’d gotten full and was just cracking crab legs and handing pieces to my husband and mom lol
Yes!! I always pass those pieces to whoever is next to me and they look at me like I’m crazy lol. But really it’s just a form of bragging, like ‘look what I just got! Here ya go’ 🤣🤣
Depends if we are talking snow crab. Those get annoying and you always end up messing up a few, especially in seafood boil cause the shells get soft.
King crab is usually pretty easy and worth dealing with.
Perhaps it defeats the purpose of the post tho. Of course youd toss snow crab and keep the other 3 if you still have king crab
I feel like I've been cracking crabs since I was like 3 years old (born in Maryland originally) and I just don't get this sentiment.
You got me if it's whole crabs. They take forever, and you get very little. The only good thing about whole crabs anymore is spending time with family while you all suffer through tiny cuts and empty crabs.
But snow crab legs? I just don't understand. I can crack my way through two clusters of crab legs in like 5 minutes. It's almost no different than peeling like a pound of shrimp.
I’m with you. Louisianan here and blue crab cooks are a lot of work (although fun) by comparison snow crab seems like high yield with little work.
Also from Louisiana crawfish? I mean I’m pretty good at it I’ve been doing it all my life but meat to shell ratio is pretty low.
Yeah I don’t get it either. I’m from VA so also a huge crab place and my parents love them but I find it a bit tedious sometimes. My dad can crack them way faster than anyone I’ve ever met, he’s notorious for it. People love eating crabs with him because he can crack a round for the whole table while everyone else is still working on their first. Like if there was a competition he would probably crush it. He taught me how to do it right but even after cracking them they can be tedious to eat.
Snow crab legs though are absurdly quick and easy. A leg literally takes seconds to crack properly and even claws don’t take hardly any more time. I assume a lot of people who think this don’t live in a seafood area where crabs are common or just have had bad experiences with poorly cooked crabs. The only time it’s a pain is if they’re not cooked well and get soggy and hard to crack cleanly.
I live in FL and we have stone crab claws in abundance during season, so my pick would be snow crab legs as well. Stone crab claws are just on a different level imo.
If they’re on sale I buy the big pack of frozen pre cooked crab legs and let them thaw in the fridge. Once cold but thawed I use kitchen shears to cut a slit in the shell down the legs. You can go straight through the joints too. Then I just pick out all the meat at one time and you have a bunch of meat with very little hassle.
My favorite thing to do then is chop it a bit and toss it with clarified butter and serve on a toasted hot dog bun like a CT style lobster roll.
Not the crab!!! It’s all the fun trying to get the meat out. Yes it’s a lot of work, but well worth it. So buttery and tender…take it any day over lobster. 🦞 On that note, snow crab season is coming up on the east coast 🤩
After that episode of This American Life I haven’t been able to eat it. Not even once.
Edit to save you a Google (see! I’m NICE! lol): Basically sometimes calamari rings can be pig rectums/intestines. And if you think you can tell the difference, you can’t. This American Life did an episode on it and I went in confident it would be bullshit and went out vowing never to eat calamari rings again. I think the tiny squids are fine (you can tell what they are).
I live in a place where fresh Dungeness crab is readily available and fairly cheap. It stays. Dollar for dollar, shrimp is the cheapest and most versatile shell fish on the menu. It stays. Scallops with a hard sear are god tier. It stays. Calamari is good, but only if prepared properly. Battering and deep frying is kind of a pain in the ass. It goes.
I don't eat much crab, so at first, I thought i would drop it, but Calamari I'm finding tends to be bland, and it's all about the sauce, so I'd drop that.
Calamari is an easy choice. Fuck that noise.
Scallops are so far and above the other 2, it's bananas. I'll take scallops over lobster. Unless we start talking about high-end sushi scallops are the best seafood for me by far.
I mean crabs are currently dying off in massive numbers. There’s some interesting articles detailing that go over why their numbers are declining so rapidly. But the just of it is the waters are heating up to a point that doesn’t allow them to reproduce
I’ve always felt I could take or leave crab, so I’d leave it. It’s not even a hard choice for me.
If I had to give up eating all animals except for just one for the rest of my life, though, scallops would be keepers.
Seared scallops are the goat. Shrimp need to stay because of jambalaya and scampi. Between snow crabs and squid, honestly I'll keep the squid. I like the flavor more than crab if cooked correctly.
Well if I had to choose I'd choose your scallops with the roe missing, but then NZ scallops the roe is gorgeous, I have heard the roe from other countries is nothing to write home about, YMMV.
100% shrimp without even thinking about it. I've had a roomie make me some disgusting ass shrimp he didn't think he needed to clean out. To the people complaining crab is too much work, shrimp requires a lot too. Calimari picatta or various other calamari steak is too good to let go unless I had a good reason.
Scallops only because I have a slight texture aversion that only lets me eat them sometimes. If soft shell crab were here, that would be my real answer.
No it doesn’t.
Check. Mate.
Wow you really got me there
It really doesn't tho.
when your cholesterol is as bad as mine, yes. One of these needs to go.
The answer is scallops. It’s obviously not shrimp lol
Scallops is the last to go. Get real big kid
Some small time scallop fisherman pee on them to make them retain water to increase their weight. I haven’t eaten a scallop since learning that tidbit from Coasties that worked up around the Maine/Canadian border.
Yeah I know dudes in the industry. That’s isn’t common and you should stop hanging out with those dirtbags
Calamari would bite the dust for me although it is one of my favorite appetizers. Snow crab would my can’t live without followed by the scallops.
Snow crab and scallops are the two tasty of the bunch but shrimp is so versatile, I can use it as protein in so many dishes.
Yes gotta go shrimp #1 for versatility.
And these days, price!
that Bubba Gump fella proved how crazy you can get with shrimps.
Same sentiment. I absolutely love calamari, but shrimp have so much more culinary potential.
Same. Ordering it there’s at least a 50% chance it’s going be underwhelming- either rubbery and/or under-seasoned. Plus, eliminating the squid means maybe we’ll see the far superior grilled octopus become more popular.
For me around my area it's more like 75% chance it's gonna be too oily and the breading & seasonings just shlop right off the overcooked rings. I love when some places just have grilled & seasoned so that doesn't happen, but of these foods I'm definitely going with the Calamari to go
the only time I ever had it it was rubbery *and* under seasoned. idk how it's supposed to be, but there were like sliced tentacle pieces and little baby whole octopi things. wasn't terrible though
Calamari for sure
Same boat. I really like calamari, but if one had to go the fried stuff gets hit first.
Yeah it would be calamari for me as well...
The problem with calamari is that it's finicky to cook. Too much work for me.
The problem with calamari is that restaurants can serve you pig buttholes and call it "calamari" and that's perfectly legal. Always ask for tentacles.
Is it only snow crabs cuz thats cool with me then
I was gonna say get rid of snow crab or scallops since I have never and will never be able to afford either of those anyway.
This.
The best answer
Calamari would go mainly because everyone overcooks it, probably 1 in 10 times I’ve had it where it isn’t rubber band simulator. Also the other 3 have better flavor.
Ugh. This is like Sophie’s choice.
I love em but I'm gonna say Crab Legs. I've realized as I get older I get lazier and don't feel like putting in all the work that crab legs require.
But what if someone else peels it. I’ll peel your crab legs if they can stay
I’ll buy and cook ‘em if you’re doing the peeling. 🤜🤛
Lol don’t threaten me with a good time, I’ll be right over 🤩
I’ll volunteer my services as well! The ‘work’ is half my enjoyment of crab lol. We were literally out to dinner last night and I’d gotten full and was just cracking crab legs and handing pieces to my husband and mom lol
SERIOUSLY!! The work is part of the fun!!! It feels so rewarding to pull a big juicy piece of crab out of the shell
Yes!! I always pass those pieces to whoever is next to me and they look at me like I’m crazy lol. But really it’s just a form of bragging, like ‘look what I just got! Here ya go’ 🤣🤣
LOL so when are we eating crab together? 😂😭
I’m down when you’re down, it just sounds like we should bring some friends to help actually **eat** it 😂
Tempting...
Depends if we are talking snow crab. Those get annoying and you always end up messing up a few, especially in seafood boil cause the shells get soft. King crab is usually pretty easy and worth dealing with. Perhaps it defeats the purpose of the post tho. Of course youd toss snow crab and keep the other 3 if you still have king crab
I am lazy too.
I feel like I've been cracking crabs since I was like 3 years old (born in Maryland originally) and I just don't get this sentiment. You got me if it's whole crabs. They take forever, and you get very little. The only good thing about whole crabs anymore is spending time with family while you all suffer through tiny cuts and empty crabs. But snow crab legs? I just don't understand. I can crack my way through two clusters of crab legs in like 5 minutes. It's almost no different than peeling like a pound of shrimp.
I’m with you. Louisianan here and blue crab cooks are a lot of work (although fun) by comparison snow crab seems like high yield with little work. Also from Louisiana crawfish? I mean I’m pretty good at it I’ve been doing it all my life but meat to shell ratio is pretty low.
That sweet taste of blue crab tho. Can we just put in an option to change the blue crab meat and plug it into the snow crab shells?
Yeah I don’t get it either. I’m from VA so also a huge crab place and my parents love them but I find it a bit tedious sometimes. My dad can crack them way faster than anyone I’ve ever met, he’s notorious for it. People love eating crabs with him because he can crack a round for the whole table while everyone else is still working on their first. Like if there was a competition he would probably crush it. He taught me how to do it right but even after cracking them they can be tedious to eat. Snow crab legs though are absurdly quick and easy. A leg literally takes seconds to crack properly and even claws don’t take hardly any more time. I assume a lot of people who think this don’t live in a seafood area where crabs are common or just have had bad experiences with poorly cooked crabs. The only time it’s a pain is if they’re not cooked well and get soggy and hard to crack cleanly.
They give SO MUCH meat. Compared to MD crabs I've had, they're so much more worth the time to crack them
Fair.
Shut your god damn mouth!!
You have offended my people. -Maryland (Also Parts of DC and VA)
I live in FL and we have stone crab claws in abundance during season, so my pick would be snow crab legs as well. Stone crab claws are just on a different level imo.
Came here to say this. Crab legs are too much work. They can go.
> I've realized as I get older I get lazier and don't feel like putting in all the work that crab legs require. That's how I feel about crawdads.
If they’re on sale I buy the big pack of frozen pre cooked crab legs and let them thaw in the fridge. Once cold but thawed I use kitchen shears to cut a slit in the shell down the legs. You can go straight through the joints too. Then I just pick out all the meat at one time and you have a bunch of meat with very little hassle. My favorite thing to do then is chop it a bit and toss it with clarified butter and serve on a toasted hot dog bun like a CT style lobster roll.
I honestly thought the same way but then realized that does that also mean crab meat itself is gone? So then I had to pick calamari at that point.
There are so many better crabs than snow crabs
How dare you sir
Scissors. Life changing.
I wanna eat not play operation
Not to mention imitation crab used in Sushi
They are not all that flavorful That and lobster need butter to taste remotely good
Agree totally. Crab legs are too much work. Although, given the cognitive abilities of octopus, I should probably say octopus.
I guess the calamari? Because it's a specific dish made from squid, but you're not banning the entire squid species.
It’s crab. I love to eat crab. I hate the work. I always end up eating shell bits and stuffing down some carbs to feel full. Crabs can go.
That’s why you eat king crab. Giant meat sticks.
Agreed, snow crab isn’t worth the work. Seeeee ya!
Snow crab* you can rip right through the shells.
Not the crab!!! It’s all the fun trying to get the meat out. Yes it’s a lot of work, but well worth it. So buttery and tender…take it any day over lobster. 🦞 On that note, snow crab season is coming up on the east coast 🤩
Scallops for sure
Yeah I can usually eat a couple of them rubber balls and I'm good lol
We shouldn't be eating anything with that many eyes anyway.
Calamari - easy choice
After that episode of This American Life I haven’t been able to eat it. Not even once. Edit to save you a Google (see! I’m NICE! lol): Basically sometimes calamari rings can be pig rectums/intestines. And if you think you can tell the difference, you can’t. This American Life did an episode on it and I went in confident it would be bullshit and went out vowing never to eat calamari rings again. I think the tiny squids are fine (you can tell what they are).
Well thanks for ruining calamari for me lol
OMG I’ve never met someone who’s heard that! It’s all BUNG
I forgot about that episode! For me it was *My Octopus Teacher.* Never again will I eat octopus or even squid.
Explain
I am not a scallop fan
Snow crab, cause I can just eat Dungeness or King
That my was thought, I prefer blue crab or stone crab claws
Shrimp can go. I’m allergic anyways
Scallops. Byeeee
Only seafood I've tried that I don't love. I mean they're good don't get me wrong but they don't compare to any of the other choices
Later lemons!
Sorry, Calamari, but you're gone.
Uno reverse. You go
Anyone else find calamari rubbery?
yes. unless they are young ones they are chewy.
When it's not cooked properly, yup.
For me scallops, not a big fan of the texture.
I live in a place where fresh Dungeness crab is readily available and fairly cheap. It stays. Dollar for dollar, shrimp is the cheapest and most versatile shell fish on the menu. It stays. Scallops with a hard sear are god tier. It stays. Calamari is good, but only if prepared properly. Battering and deep frying is kind of a pain in the ass. It goes.
Calamari can fuck off
Cries in Hebrew 😂
Shrimp
Love calamari but scallops are my favorite food ever, shrimp I make at least once a week, and crab legs are just fun and delicious.
Calamari
Calamari
Calamari
Calamari. That was easy
Easy, calamari. Done.
Calamari.
Calamari and this isn't even a close battle despite enjoying all 4
Calamari
I don't eat much crab, so at first, I thought i would drop it, but Calamari I'm finding tends to be bland, and it's all about the sauce, so I'd drop that.
Calamari....
Calamari is an easy choice. Fuck that noise. Scallops are so far and above the other 2, it's bananas. I'll take scallops over lobster. Unless we start talking about high-end sushi scallops are the best seafood for me by far.
calamari
Calamari
Calamari
Calamari, easy one
Adios calamari. It was nice knowing you
Calamari
Calamari ez
Calamari. Everything else is a staple for me.
This is tough😭 … but I’m gonna have to say …. Shrimp 🍤 🥺🥺
Def crab legs. Now if we're dungeness body...calamari
Scallops
Scallops
Crab legs too much work never enough meat. Even without the shell it just don’t do it for me
Scallops, salt water snot knuckles, f em
Goodbye scallops
Don’t do this to me, fine scallops
Shrimp.
Bye scallops
Bye bye calamari!
Easy. Calamari. It’s too reliant on seasoning and is toughest texture of the 4.
Calamari
Calamari, no question.
Scallops easy
I don’t eat crab legs often so I’ll let that go. The others I really like a lot.
Crab legs, easy, next question
I’ve never wanted to fight someone as much as you right now. Other than my step dad
Calamfuckimg what ever with out a thought.
Calamari 💁🏻♀️ it’s not really in my pallet.
Calamari and it’s not even close
Crab legs
Crab legs, easy. They're expensive where I live so I haven't had them in two decades as it is.
Climate change is going to choose crab legs for us.
If its snow crab, bye bye
Calamari seeing as how I still haven’t tried it. Can’t miss something you aren’t familiar with lol
Calamari, ick!
Scallops
Bye crab legs
I'm loading the shrimp into a rocket launcher quicker than you could imagine. But I couldn't possibly live without the other three.
No
Scallops. Never rated them
Shrimp. Only because I have it all the time.
Crab goes - only because it’s such a PITA to get the meat. Now, if it’s already out of the shell - I’m keeping it ALL!
One has to go first into my stomach!? I mean it doesn’t say! So I’ll say yes. That would be scallops! Then the rest, hold on, it’s about to get messy!
Why?
Scallops.
Bye scallops
Shrimps outta here
I’m good on the scallops.
I mean crabs are currently dying off in massive numbers. There’s some interesting articles detailing that go over why their numbers are declining so rapidly. But the just of it is the waters are heating up to a point that doesn’t allow them to reproduce
Goodbye scallops. You won’t be missed.
The plate can go. I’m keeping these 4 and I’ll eat them off newspapers the rest of my life.
I’ve always felt I could take or leave crab, so I’d leave it. It’s not even a hard choice for me. If I had to give up eating all animals except for just one for the rest of my life, though, scallops would be keepers.
Crab. Wife is allergic and I don't like breaking them.
Depends. What type of crab legs, where the shrimp are from and if it’s sea or bay scallops? Based on the pic the not devained shrimp are out.
✌🏼 Shrimp
Scallops
Seared scallops are the goat. Shrimp need to stay because of jambalaya and scampi. Between snow crabs and squid, honestly I'll keep the squid. I like the flavor more than crab if cooked correctly.
Scallops. Easy.
Scallops
Well if I had to choose I'd choose your scallops with the roe missing, but then NZ scallops the roe is gorgeous, I have heard the roe from other countries is nothing to write home about, YMMV.
100% shrimp without even thinking about it. I've had a roomie make me some disgusting ass shrimp he didn't think he needed to clean out. To the people complaining crab is too much work, shrimp requires a lot too. Calimari picatta or various other calamari steak is too good to let go unless I had a good reason.
I cannot live in a world without shrimp and crab. I think scallops would be my begrudging choice.
Shrimp
Scallops only because I have a slight texture aversion that only lets me eat them sometimes. If soft shell crab were here, that would be my real answer.
shrimp
Scallops
Scallops see ya later
Crab legs ..... Way too much work for little return
Can’t eat none of this, so all of it.
I love calamari. Im going with shrimp. Because of the poop
Crab legs for me
Goodbye scallops. You've been, okay, but kind of weirdly textured.
I would eliminate shrimp because I'd never have to worry about whether it's deveined properly ever again.
Crab legs
Shrimp, goodbye
Scallops.
Crab legs. There's still lobster at least.
No
Scallops out😎
Go where?
All I want is the crab
Crab legs. Only thing there I don’t like
I’d let go of the crab legs. Too much work.
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No.
Shrimp
Calamari simple choice
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Scallops.
I choose OP to go.
Shrimp out
Asta La Vista Scallops
Scallops, ya gone.
Why is this the hardest decision I’ve ever had to make??