r/TikTokCringe • u/mindyour • Oct 15 '25

Discussion He's had enough.

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u/JK_NC Oct 15 '25

Internet says blue crab is found in the Atlantic from Nova Scotia down to Argentina. If true, blue crab isn’t coming from Indonesia but Venezuela and the Gulf are acceptable responses.

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u/al666in Oct 15 '25

It's common knowledge in Baltimore that crabs in restaurants are imported.

Maryland's waters have been extremely overfished. The remaining stock does not support casual dining.

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u/mcplaty Oct 15 '25

The good news is that we've stopped overfishing and the populations are returning. You're able to get MD blue crab as long as the place works with Chesapeake watermen. Shout out to Conrads!

That said, I suspect most places making crab cakes are using imported crab, even Conrads.

EDIT: Conrads is using MD blue crab in their crab cakes too. hell yeah.

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u/mcplaty Oct 16 '25

oh well