Imitation crab is vile
How can people eat that shit
shareIt's just pollock, which, like many other fish, is high in protein also a good source of vitamin B12, phosphorous, and selenium.
shareIts not just pollock, its heavily processed w all sorts of weird shit like meat glue and pastes. It’s the absolute bottom rung of seafood
sharePollock? How so?
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sharePerhaps it's different where I live as different countries have different regulations as to what go into food, but a lot of sushi places around here use imitation crab and I don't have a problem with it. I looked up what the pastes were, and the brand that's available in my store has egg whites and potato starch. I don't buy it myself, but like I said I've never had an issue with it in sushi.
shareIt sounds a load of (and here comes the punchline) pollocks to me.
shareI'm an avid fisherman and can't tell the difference between pollock and the more expensive haddock and cod. And no, there aren't "all sorts of weird shit like meat glue and pastes." It uses a starch - usually potato - to hold it together, egg white, oil and sugar/salt. I have a hard time believing you eat a 100% whole foods diet and don't eat anything that is processed. This is just a whine and bitch thread you create on almost a daily basis for god knows what reasons.
shareI saw a video of how the make the stuff. It is processed, but I myself would not use the word vile to describe it, any more than I would a hotdog. In fact I think the imitation shrimp and crabmeat makes more sense than a hotdog. Also, ocean fish that are not old and large contain less toxins than bottom feeders like crab so the crab toxins could be more vile than the imitation.
shareI’ll take trace amounts of mercury over “meat glue” and seafood paste any day of the week, the smell alone is awful.
shareI have no idea what you mean when you say meat glue. When I saw the info-doc about imitation seafood the ingredients were pretty simple and natural. At least the way the Japanese did it.
shareI tried that once and never will again, the taste was awful even when I tried it with different sauces and seasonings, there is no "imitation" for real crab meat. 🦀
I prefer albacore for the protein or salmon for taste.
Yeah disgusting
shareI haven't looked into how they make imitation crab, but on the occasions I naively picked up something that included it, I swear, they might as well have sprayed WD40 on it. I taste some weird, not exactly sweet but some chemical taste that doesn't taste like any seafood I'm familiar with.
Actually, it's so weird I'm almost tempted to buy some just to verify how awful it is. And I'm no epicurean.
lol...and I have never been food-picky as I have eaten some strange and rare foods but they were at least edible with an acquirable taste, I can't say the same for imitation crab meat..........I miss stuffed crabs. 🦀
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