"crab meat" news and stories

While the Senate holds off on the new food safety bill -- now pushed into next year, it seems -- we have another recall to report.

Charleston, Ore.-based seafood company Hallmark Fisheries has recalled packaged crab meat products -- under brand names Hallmark, Peacock, Quality Ocean International and Yaquina Bay -- for the potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes.

Recalled products were distributed in the following states ...

This is the WiseCracker. From the description over at Chef'n, it sounds like the jaws of life for crustaceans. Aside from having a claw cracker and meat pick on the handle, the business end of the WiseCracker is slid into crab shells and expanded, thus splitting the shells open. At least, that's what they say. It's a far cry from a wooden mallet and a nutcracker. It might be worth a try; Amazon has them for about $15. Still, I think part of the appeal of eating crabs, at least blue crabs, is the mess.