Why are Crab Rangoon reduced to "Cheese Wontons" on some Chinese menus?

[complain jane]

Hm?

[tridim]

1. Well, mainly because they very rarely have authentic crab meat

in them. Honestly I don't mind, they're good even without it.

[TroubleMan]

2. I love crab rangoon and even if it's only "fried wanton"

I can eat about five pounds of it at once. Mmmmm, mmmm.

[babylonsister]

3. Great question!

Wish I knew the answer, but I wish more there was crab in there instead of cream cheese! :evilgrin:

[complain jane]

4. I have hot fresh ones. I'll email you all some.

[AlCzervik]

5. At the Chinese places around here they call them crab puffs

[WilliamPitt]

6. Because Americans hear 'cheese' and go lllaaaaggghhhllllll...

Mmmmm...64 slices of American cheese...

One...

Two...

Three...

...

Sixty three...

Sixty four.

Have you been up all night eating cheese?

I think I'm blind.

[complain jane]

10. LOL

[donco6]

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After the first 500 times, you get wise.

[supernova]

8. Why do they call it a "Crab" anyhow?

I never figured that out. :shrug: Do love 'em though. :9

[Nadienne]

9. I am priveledged:

I have Crab Rangoons and Fried Wontons. Unfortunately, the Fried Wontons don't have any cream cheese in them. They don't have any crabs - or crab meat - in them, either. But there is crab meat in the rangoons. (Not crabs, just crab meat.) There is also cream cheese in them. Yummmmmmmmm.

[RevCheesehead]

11. Damn - now I'm hungry.

[GRLMGC]

12. The Japanese restaurant I go to

calls them crabmeat cheesepuffs. They're sooooooooo good.