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Backfin refers to the choice white meat from the body of a blue crab, prized in cooking for its large, tender lumps.
It comes from the section near the crab's back swimming fins, where the muscles produce delicate, flaky pieces that hold together well.
Backfin is commonly used in crab cakes, salads, and dips where texture and appearance matter.
The recipe calls for a pound of backfin crabmeat.
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Premium crab meat
Backfin refers to the choice white meat from the body of a blue crab, prized in cooking for its large, tender lumps.
It comes from the section near the crab's back swimming fins, where the muscles produce delicate, flaky pieces that hold together well.
Backfin is commonly used in crab cakes, salads, and dips where texture and appearance matter.
The recipe calls for a pound of backfin crabmeat.
1. crabmeat — lump, Shapeless solid mass; jumbo (Unusually large specimen); crabmeat (Edible crustacean flesh); premium (Added cost for better); sweet · succulent · flaky · white · fresh · delicacy · crabcake · picked · pasteurized · claw
2. anatomy — dorsal, Of the back; spine (Column of vertebrae); vertebrae (Interlocking bones of spine); tail (Rear animal appendage); propulsion · swimming · fish · shark · ray · tuna · marlin · sailfish · cetacean · dolphin
CRAB MEAT GRADE/SOURCEbackfin ≠ claw meat Edible crustacean limb flesh; white meat
back, fin, backs, backed, backing, backless, fins, finned, finning
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