What Imitation Crab Meat Is Actually Made Of May Surprise You
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- čas přidán 2. 05. 2023
- Imitation crab contains no actual crab but it does contain other seafood ingredients.
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So it’s a sea hotdog
It’s a colddog
its a hotfish
fishdog
Hot fish cold dog lol
@@silverfang1158 I hate you!!
Imitation crab has a few drops of real crab juice. So, a person with a shellfish allergy can still have a serious allergic reaction. Voice of experience here.
I have a severe shellfish allergy and imitation crab in small amounts like inside sushi doesn’t bother me.
Good info.i hope a lot of people that eat this is aware of this.thanks
Actually Not all imitation crab has crab juice in it so important to read ingredients.
I have a shellfish allergy but can eat most kinds of imitation crab. You just gotta look at the ingredients list.
Why bother to eat fake shell fish food. Don’t take the risk 👎
And to think, that crab and lobster used to be trash food for the poor
This has been found to be a myth with no evidence backing it.
@@Mikhail-Tkachenkoa couple thousand pages on Google disagree. With nothing to support your claims. 5 of the first 10 are from pretty reputable sources
@@joetate87 You obviously didn't even look.
@@Mikhail-Tkachenko I grew up poor, and in New England no less. I actually looked a bit, more then your dumbass ignorant comment warranted. Just admit you're wrong, and we can both move along
Thats supply and demand for you, this happens to everything that is plentiful at the beginning but slow to restock like cod was. Cod was a common mans fish but as the global population was reduced it cost more and more to harvest.
I thought imitation was a kind of crab until I turned 13.
We all have a story.
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Im gonna ask what part of the ocean imitation is
😂that’s awesome
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Honestly it’s pretty good although if you eat real crab right after they don’t even taste similar at all
The flavors and textures are completely different, yeah. Still, surimi has a place on my table, because real crab is so doggone expensive that I can hardly ever justify buying it.
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Theyre pretty good
😂
I actually thought that imitation crab is like premium crab when i was a child. Since we live next to a beach, crabs are plentiful, but we only ever get a few imitation crab sticks if we're really good that month
So seafood spam.
So basically it's the hot dog of seafood; we don't know what they're made of, we don't wanna know what they're made of, but they're still delicious
hewwo fellow furry owo
Imitation crab is still kinda good with cocktail sauce
Yes it is!
Truth!!
Everything is good with cocktail sauce, even peanut butter and Ovaltine.
I thought imitation krab was just Plankton in a metal Krab suit
This is in all California rolls, it’s just surimi and mayo
Also pretty much all kani (crab) salad, at least here in the US.
And not particularly good.
so it's the hot dog of seafood
😂
No, fish sausages are the hot dogs of seafood.
@@pwabd2784 Lobster Sausages too
That raises more questions than answers!
If fish paste is only ⅓-½ of the stick, then what's the other ⅔-½ made of?
Flour or starch
Chemical s. It’s TRASH . I don’t eat it.
Human
@@Tsukuyomi500 imitation grey smurf.
YES! That’s what I was thinking! What’s the rest made of?!
Oh Bikini Bottom, we pledge our hearts to you
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
I thought this was going to tell me something new beyond what I've read off the ingredient list for this food for years. lol
Its the hot dog of sea food 😄
I don’t care if my crabs are real or not: If the food is good, eat what you’re given as you should!
Right
Indeed! And be grateful😌
This reminds me of the SpongeBob episode called "Imitation Krabs".
"WhAt Is ImMiTaTiOn CrAb MaDe FrOm" -immitation crab probably
Actually, there isn't any actual real crab in imitation crab. Imitation crab meat is random fish made to look like crab
@@mynamegoeshere9754 bro you found the truth
it's like chicken nuggets, hella processed but we'll still eat it cause it tastes good
I use fake crab when I do my crusted cedar-planked salmon on the grill. I chop it fine in my food processor. and spread seasoned mayo on the filet to act as a glue to hold the chopped krab in place. Makes a great crunchy crust.
I know a guy who would buy a pack of these and just eat them out the pack as is... I thought they were supposed to be cooked and served as actual crab, as in, they were made with raw fish/shellfish but he politely educated me and said "No, they are basically like a fishcake dough after cooking, you use them however you like" and continued to chow down on a packet of lukewarm saran wrapped imitation crab sticks.
I put my hands in the air like "I am defeated, you win".
Bro😂 I chow down on them too. They are delicious. Yes you can eat them right out of the package. This is what they put in many types of sushi rolls. : 🍣
I think it is cooked u can eat it raw . They even put it in imitation crab sushi straight from the plastic
I think it is cooked u can eat it . They even put it in imitation crab sushi straight from the plastic
Ahhhh eewwe 😅
It's good in bacon pasta salad
I just saw a video from like the 1990s where they were talking about Pacific Hake and how it's used to make surimi
It's good in salads, rolls (like fake lobster rolls), and in mac n cheese. But no, not nearly close to tasting and feeling like real blue or king crab.
In fact crab have a lot of population after breeding it mean that was easy to get it, and they're easy to repopulate a colony of crabs
Now... Why it expensive?
I used to get this a lot during lunch breaks at work. Super cheap but a tasty snack. Even if it is unhealthy and a much worse version from the real thing. Still good.
Literally could buy an entire tray of them for less than $2
It’s not at all unhealthy. 18 cal per stick.
I thought this was common knowledge
I knew about it in the 70s
We've always called it fake crab in our household
I’ve had the fake krab and it is to rubbery. Just not the same and the taste is not as good.
It's gross
It’s in those sushi rolls
If only I knew this as kid with a severe fish allergy I could have saved myself a bunch of allergic reactions.
And then there’s a mushroom that looks and tastes like a lobster, it’s never a dull day learning something new about food. 🍴
What is it called?
Its great shredded on a house or chef salad.
Jessica Simpson would call it “The hotdog of the sea” 😂
I live right by the Chesapeake Bay. Blue crab country. We still eat that stuff all the time around here. I just bought a pack today. Around here we usually just mix it with mayonnaise and sometimes tiny shrimp and make sandwiches with it. People around here love it.
ok but its so good wtf???
I really don't like how it tastes, it taste like if ketchup was a meat. Awful. Real crab tastes way better.
I think it depends how you use it. I used to hate it too. But I found I like it in sushi rolls,with sriracha, umnai and Kewpie mayo …full of flavor and the rice balances it out.
I worked on a commercial catcher processor fishing boat for a few months. Once you’ve seen how surimi is made, you’ll never want imitation crab meat ever again.
How is it made? How is it made? Lol
@Rose_budd it's sorta like the pink slime made in chicken nuggets
I mean, it’s just slurries fish. Yeah, that stuff looks gross, but at the end of the day I don’t mind have imitation crab meat. It’s cheaper and quite frankly I can’t really taste much of a difference.
Food is food. Once u go to asia they eat food with the heads and eyes still on it and dont care at all
Food is food. Once u go to asia they eat food with the heads and eyes still on it and dont care at all they even eat the cooked head Slime is nothing
As long as they price it accordingly, and they taste like crab, I'm in
Basically a seafood hotdog!!! Lol
Not gonna lie I stopped eating this stuff because it’s unrecognizable to the human gut, but the short really made me want some
I'm just waiting for someone to make the ultimate joke about crabsticks.
I actually like the taste of it😂. Had some in seafood salad from the poppy store and I usually don’t eat the salads because of onions and peppers but it was good. Three days in a row
Been quite a while since I eat one, now I crave....
I saw this with crab cakes and fast food fish patties and thought to never eat it and still have not
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! so you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... IS AN IMITATION!??!
I AM SHOCKED!!!!!!
What’s in the other 50 percent?
Bologna of the sea ⛵
Bologna is expensive 😂
Quit laying it's more soja beens than anything
A lot of brands use shrimp or small amounts of crab juice mixed in with the whitefish to give it the flavor, so if you have a shellfish allergy, still don’t eat it.
Now i know why my poke place gives out free Krab 😳
Tastes fine.
They should change the name to Counterfeit Crab.
Honestly I just want yummy tastes lol
I was in Mexico and they put this in cocktails .. with shrimp . Scallops and octopus
Imitation crab meat is dope. Love it in sushi.
Krab..Krabi... is usually seasoned with added crab juice, so it is NOT safe for people allergic to shellfish...
In Spanish we call it jaiba (Hi-bab) usually goes well with tostadas, lime and tomato salad 🥗
Ooo, gonna look up a recipe. Ty
Im not gonna lie... Imitation tastes pretty good, good snack, and its cheep
Actually it was originally made from a fish called Pollack, a white fish found in the North Pacific. A Japanese man invented it, and sold it to Sugiyo Co. of Japan. I think he got around 10k in the early 1970s. That's 80k in today's money. But it's generated 100s of BILLIONS in slaves. Had he taken 5k and a 2% royalty, which was offered, he would have been a billionaire if he were still alive.
Good thing the video didn’t bother to mention what was in the other half of the product.
I love this as a snack.
That shit is genuinely disgusting
I just bought this from Sams and thought "Wow what great prices for crab😅"
It took me a long time to understand that what I was eating was the pinnacle of mystery meat the final fuckin boss
It usually contains at
least a few drops of real crab juice. That means that if you're allergic to shell fish, you'll still have an allergic reaction. Learned that the hard way...in ER
In Canada it just straight up says imitation crab and that it’s made of haddock
Yep, I worked in a fake crab plant for 7 years, yes this is exactly what it’s made of, this and a few additives……we made it from slabs of white fish to packaging. We also made lobster or fake lobster.
It’s like Velveta “cheese” or Spam. Nobody admits they ‘approve’ of it but lots of people enjoy using it in recipes 😀.
Have you ever had the crab casserole at your local Chinese Buffet? It’s delicious, and of course uses imitation crabmeat. The bits of celery are real though! Mmmm! 😀
It should be named "industrially processed fish sticks"
Pollock is tasty tho
I have always wondered what an imitation crab looked like, never seen one in the wild
Both imitation and real crab meat are delicious. I enjoy both
I've heard that monk fish is common in imitation crab.
Imagine making an imitation food product with only enough of the thing it’s imitating in it to give people with allergies to the original a violent reaction eitherway
As a Japanese speaking Japanese American.
I always knew it as surumi
It wasn’t until I was in 1st or 2nd grade I was taught it wasn’t called surumi in the state. But instead called “imitation krab”
I love imitation crab.
Homemade crab salad: Diced onions (optional
grilled), diced celery, tzatziki sauce with dill, shredded mozzarella, a small cheap container of real crab meat, and 2 lbs of imitation crab sticks - chopped up.
It's great and tastes legit like crab because of the real crab meat, but you can make A LOT since the imitation meat fills it up.
Imitation crab is actually super tasty
Wait it’s not made of mostly fish but some form of fish? Dang I been lied to.
This is the first time I heard something other than “New York” in front of the word “Times”
Fun fact, in Australia we call it “seafood highlighter” 😂
Or seafood extender ahaha. My local Woolies recently changed the labels to "surimi mix"- my family has always called it fake crab lol
Sea skates and stingrays are what I thought they used
The only “crab” that should be in Rangoons!
In Australia, it’s called seafood extender
Taste kinda good tho👀
What, uh, what makes up the other 50+%?
the other 50% of crab sticks are usually some type of starch, like wheat, plus egg whites to bind the paste together
Its great for budget crab cakes/fritters
Just out of curiosity .... What is the remaining 1/2 to 2/3 of the imitation crab ?
Grain, if it's not whole meat, it's grain
Hum..... Grain is not imitation crab.... Grain does not swim ...... 🤔 I don't know why in my head imitation crab meat fish... Hum. 🤔
Haddock was the base for a lot of krab stick in America because of the texture for a long time.
They flavor it with fermented crab juice. Aka rotten fish.
So it’s a hot dog of the sea
Ever thought about how much a crab looks like a tick?
Could be a reason for that.
Wait... you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... isn't made from crab? How will the world recover from this startling revelation?
Often it contains ground up pollock
Cheer~~~a crustacean with a broad carapace, stalked eyes, and five pairs of legs, the first pair of which are modified as pincers. Crabs are abundant on many shores, especially in the tropics, where some have become adapted to life on land.😊
"Money! 🤑"
-Eugene Krabs
I always loved imitation crab sticks my sister always told me they were made from tripe lol
I love crabstick! I like to put it into my ramen. Crabstick is kinda sweet, the ramen soup is spicy, so it's a good pair.
When I was a kid, I really thought it was made of real crab meat, just like fish ball really made from fish.
some imitation crab meat taste good 😋😊