Pseud Food

[SpokeyDokey]

Why does everything have to come in those ghastly brioche buns these days, horrible sweet, greasy things.

Agreed - Devil's food. That ghastly layer on top feels tacky on my teeth and I just can't get beyond that.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Was it real crab or just fish mashed up and shaped like a crab, same as scampi?

Scampi's not mashed fish - they are prawns surely?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I looked it up... £17!

How much? Blimey - that's my food budget for a week.

 

[theclaud]

'crab sticks', which are not crab.

Aren't they now called 'Ocean Stix'?

 

[PK99]

Was it real crab or just fish mashed up and shaped like a crab, same as scampi?

look at the picture - those are real claws sticking out of the bun!

 

[screenman]

I hope Skipdiver see's this topic, and I am really suprised more money than sense has not popped up yet.

Not a fan of crab myself but I am sure my better half would like to pop on board next time we visit the area.

 

[Mr Celine]

Scampi's not mashed fish - they are prawns surely?

Usually monkfish tails.

 

[PK99]

Usually monkfish tails.

Neither prawns nor monkfish (that used to be used years ago before monkfish became trendy and expensive.)

If something is on the menu as Scampi it must be whole tail scampi.
https://groceries.iceland.co.uk/youngs-scampi-220g/p/57309


Scampi fries or Scampi bites are other fish moulded to the shape.
https://groceries.iceland.co.uk/whitby-seafoods-breaded-scampi-bites-203g/p/66236

Wiki:
Scampi, also called Dublin Bay Prawn, or Norway Lobster, (Nephrops norvegicus), is an edible lobster of the order Decapoda (class Crustacea)

similar in form to Lobster

Prawn is a common name for small aquatic crustaceans with an exoskeleton and ten legs

Shrimp Scampi is a food that includes various culinary preparations of certain crustaceans,[2] such as Metanephrops, as well as shrimp or prawns. Shrimp Scampi preparation styles vary regionally. The United Kingdom legally defines scampi specifically as Nephrops norvegicus,[3] Monkfish tail was sometimes illegally used and sold as scampi in the United Kingdom in the past[4] contravening the Fish Labelling (Amendment) England Regulation 2005 and Schedule 1 of the Food Labelling Regulations 1996.


For completeness, crayfish are a form of fresh water lobster

 

[PK99]

[QUOTE 5361197, member: 9609"]should have binned off the crab and green stuff - plastered inside of bun with quarter inch thick of butter then stuffed all those chips in - just imagine trying to bite into it with all that melted butter oozing out [/QUOTE]

I like your style - nowt beats a good chip butty!

 

[Archie_tect]

look at the picture - those are real claws sticking out of the bun!

I see the crab had just been sick on the plate... 'scuse me I just need to...