In a message dated 21/04/2007 13:04:34 GMT Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
OK, I know I'm going to regret this, but what ARE crab sticks made from? Not crab, I'll be bound! Pollocks. No, really! The fish are pulverised, laid on cellophane-type material which has been sprayed with food dye and rolled to shape. It is cured and cooked, and then unwrapped. Lo and behold, the dye has 'magically' transferred to the fish mixture. It can be found in some chippies fried in batter. At one stage I was told there was 2% crab juice added, but I have also been told it never was. Crab sticks get their name because they vaguely resemble the legs of the snow crab. Alaskan pollock is under threat so this delicacy may disappear in the next few years - or they might find some butt-ugly fish that nobody would buy from the slab and use that instead. DaveD [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
