How 'Bout Them Red Sox! :rockin:
I owned a seafood restaurant and retail store (on 101 in Hoodsport, WA) and ran some boats for a few years and Dungeness crab was always a huge seller in season.
Never had to send any of the catch on to the wholesalers in Seattle, the tourists cleaned them out without fail.
But I have to say, bang for the buck they're second fiddle to a two and a half pound Maine lobster.
Tasty, sure, but Dungies are a pita for not-a-lot of protein.
(And if you ever had pan fried abalone, you'd totally forget about Dungies. But I digress...)
As for the lobstah, I have one or two per year. It's likely as much a tradition thing as something to savor.
My dad made the mistake of letting me have one when I was all of six years old and it cost him big time
Definitely going to have one when the clan assembles on the Cape of Cod next week...
Cheers!
[edit] As I ramble into my cups on a Friday night...
Speaking of shellfish...Pauly's Louisiana mudbugs had me salivating.
A couple years back my youngest son's wife returned from a trip to NO with 5 pounds of cooked tails for me and I was in heaven for two days.
Wife wouldn't touch them, especially when I kept calling them grubs.
More for me

Gawd, those were outstanding...