Re: Saturday Night Supper? 12/07/2024

On 12/13/2024 2:48 PM, Carol wrote:

dsi1 wrote:
 

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 2:15:26 +0000, Carol wrote:
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2024, dsi1 wrote:
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On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:21:59 +0000, D wrote:
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What is fake crab/lobster? Is that some established thing in the
US?

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Imitation crab is made from white fish that's smashed into a
paste, extruded or formed, and cooked. It's called kamaboko and
has always been popular in Hawaii. It's used as a garnish for
Saimin and as a party food. It wasn't popular on the mainland
until kamaboko was made into fake crab form. In Japan, kamaboko
is made into a dizzying number of forms.
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Oh, had no idea! Thank you for the information. For me, I think
from a marketing point of view, they should stick with kamaboko.
I'd be very hesitant buying something called fake crab.

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He's making things up again, D.  Although there are simularities
(both use white fish) that's where it ends.  They don't look
anything alike.  They don't act alike when cooked and they don't
share flavoring.  You can see websites misnaming 'fake crab' as
kamaboko but they are trying to popularize the fake stuff with an
exotic name and that's all it is.

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I've been eating kamaboko all my life. You might think that kamaboko
is an exotic word but all Hawaiians know what kamaboko is. You can't
have a real bowl of saimin without kamaboko. Imitation crab is just
the same stuff in a different form. You don't know a thing about
kamaboko. As it goes, you're just another typical, arrogant,
mainlander.

 Like I said.  It aint to same thing.

Just gives David another chance to disparage "mainlanders".  I know exactly what you're buying, at least if it's the same thing I see in my local grocery stores.  It's called Krab.  Not sure how that differs from kamaboko other than use and preparation.
Jill