Anyone here every worked on a imitation Crab boat?

[underpants]

How dangerous is it?
What's the pay like?
Is the Discovery Channel constantly filming documentaries of you?

DO you get to wear the funny yellow rain slickers?

[kick-ass-bob]

1. No - the imitation crabs make be break out.

:scared:

[kwassa]

2. Sorry, but the boat is fake, too. Just an imitation boat.

[anarch]

5. yes, but it doesn't sink, 'cause you use it to fish in an imitation ocean

so it's only imitation water.

[commander bunnypants]

3. that stuff is nasty

:puke:

CB

[Fenris]

6. When prepared properly it's alright.

There are certain things it can be used in that work, and many, many things that do not.

[Fenris]

4. I assume someone in Alaska has to catch the pollock.

I doubt they have a seperate boat for dying the fish that distinct imitation crab red and white. :D

[underpants]

7. Recruiting must really suck for that

Who wants to work on a "dieing boat"?

[Fenris]

9. I assume working on a dying boat...

Makes one work faster.

[Patiod]

12. Oh, very funny!!!

:rofl:

[Patiod]

8. Ack - you beat me to it

I used to do research for the people who make the starch/carrageenan that goes into artificial crab, along with the pollack. They actually do have boats where the pollack is dyed and processed into surimi (the official name for fake crab)

Sometimes, it's scary what's actually stored in my head.

[Fenris]

10. Huh. That's interesting.

I've often wondered about the boat setup in the production of fake crab. It seemed unlikely that they'd have two seperate boats, but clearly I was wrong. :D

[Patiod]

11. No, it's caught and processed on the same trawlers

From pollack right into bricks of surimi

[oneighty]

13. I worked

for a number of years in the blue crab industry both as a 'crabber' and a crab meat processor. We had a food scientist from a nearby university working with us a week or so. The goal was to make white meat out of dark meat. The process required generous portions of common bleach. Clorox worked fine. Yuk.

Also flounder and other fish meat was used to make fake crab cakes. Perfectly legal as long as the contents were listed on the wrapper (Fine print acceptable). The secret ingredient to delicious crab cakes is in the spices.

A real crab boat Mr.Underpants. Dirty stinky maggot infested crab boat.

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[underpants]

15. Mmmmm

maggot infested

Thanks. I am putting a HURTING on that salad bar tomorrow

[oneighty]

18. Oh the maggots never

leave the boat underpants. Even should they manage to wiggle their slippery selves into the human food chain the bleach will render them safe to eat.

Not to worry.

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[BigMcLargehuge]

17. Actually, it's probably all done right on the ship

Most of the high output seafood products like that, and "prebreaded" fillets, are processed and frozen aboard.

[Richardo]

14. Yes. And I pretended to get hit in the head by a pot and thrown overboard

My imaginary life flashed before my eyes.

[underpants]

16. and THAT'S when the Discovery channel guys earn their money

YES!

[kmla]

19. No, but I was a Salvation Army brat.

We moved alot.

From street corner to street corner.

It really sucked.