crab meat
Inside the shell
Crab meat is the edible flesh extracted from crabs, prized for its sweet, delicate flavor.
It comes in grades based on which part of the crab it's from—lump meat from the body is most valued, while claw meat is darker and stronger-flavored.
Used in crab cakes, salads, and dips: She picked through the crab meat for shell fragments.
- shellfishAquatic creatures with exoskeletons
- soft shellFlexible protective covering
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- lumpShapeless solid mass
- Old BayRegional seafood spice blend
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- shellfishclams, oysters, lobster, shrimp, scallops
- tinned seafoodsardines, anchovies, mackerel, salmon fillets, pink salmon
- meatbeef, pork, chicken, steak, bacon
- seafoodfish, shrimp, lobster, salmon, tuna
- Chesapeake seafoodOld Bay, Old Bay seasoning, softshell, jimmies, bushel
- Crab Fishingdeckhand, bait, Bering Sea, Alaska, buoy
authenticity
crab meatimitation crab
Processed fish mimicking shellfish
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