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.
@@Mikhail-Tkachenkoa couple thousand pages on Google disagree. With nothing to support your claims. 5 of the first 10 are from pretty reputable sources
@@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.
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.
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
Actually it was originally made from a fish called Pollack, a white fish found in the North Pacific.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.
In France, it's just called "Surimi" We don't allow deceiving names like "imitation crab" for something unrelated to crabs, that's one of the few good things in Europe
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.
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.
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
As someone who's allergic to shell fish, artificial crab meat is the closest thing to sea food I can eat without getting seriously sick despite some having having a little bit in it. Also I love my crab sticks.
When this product came out 40 years ago I was shocked that people would eat it. 40 years later I'm more surprised that people actually claim to like it.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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! 😀
You make it out to be a really bad thing… I think it’s an amazing and versatile product. For us who are ( or suddenly became in my case) allergic to crab it’s wonderful . It does not taste the exact same, but can satisfy the craving 😊
So, it's still fish. Big deal. I eat hotdogs and been just fine. People eat fast food all the time without batting an eye, but people are freaking out about this? lol
It's abominable. Restaurants just call it "crab" nowadays. The owner of an expensive place once told me that "Everybody knows when it says crab, that they mean surami."
Why are so many people disgusted with the process it's amazing and beautiful. To get something without eating crab being curious it's so expensive technology and Humanity finally did something good and everybody's being a jerk about it😮
Surimi is what they call the broken and crushed bits of fish that get stuck in the machinery during processing. They scrape this out and that's your Surimi
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”
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 👎
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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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.
So seafood spam.
To be fair, Spam is basically 100% pork shoulder with some preservatives added.
@@rifleshooterchannel208 fair
Surimi has sorbitol in it. Not too bad for you. I made it for 15 years.
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.
What?!! I'm allergic to fish but ate this??
Imitation crab is still kinda good with cocktail sauce
Yes it is!
Truth!!
Everything is good with cocktail sauce, even peanut butter and Ovaltine.
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@@erikmonroe8087 .
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?!
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"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
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
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
so it's the hot dog of seafood
😂
No, fish sausages are the hot dogs of seafood.
@@pwabd2784 Lobster Sausages too
Im not gonna lie... Imitation tastes pretty good, good snack, and its cheep
This reminds me of the SpongeBob episode called "Imitation Krabs".
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.
In France, it's just called "Surimi"
We don't allow deceiving names like "imitation crab" for something unrelated to crabs, that's one of the few good things in Europe
remember, there were a few people who claimed the crab stick and believe it was made by plastic
WAIT WAIT WAIT!!!! so you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... IS AN IMITATION!??!
I AM SHOCKED!!!!!!
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?
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.
Good thing the video didn’t bother to mention what was in the other half of the product.
They make it sound bad but it tastes better than normal crabs
Some people here in Russia call it "krabochki" - "KRABovie palOCHKI" - "crab sticks"
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.
It should be named "industrially processed fish sticks"
In Spanish we call it jaiba (Hi-bab) usually goes well with tostadas, lime and tomato salad 🥗
Ooo, gonna look up a recipe. Ty
I think this may be the only highly processed food that doesn't freak me out
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
I've heard that monk fish is common in imitation crab.
If only I knew this as kid with a severe fish allergy I could have saved myself a bunch of allergic reactions.
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
Thats why its called "Imitation crab" because the fish meat tries to IMITATE the crab meat! 😃
As someone who's allergic to shell fish, artificial crab meat is the closest thing to sea food I can eat without getting seriously sick despite some having having a little bit in it. Also I love my crab sticks.
When this product came out 40 years ago I was shocked that people would eat it. 40 years later I'm more surprised that people actually claim to like it.
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
It took me a long time to understand that what I was eating was the pinnacle of mystery meat the final fuckin boss
You can get canned crabmeat for about the same price
Basically a seafood hotdog!!! Lol
"crab sticks" are basically seafood "hot dogs", same exact idea.
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.
@@RoanRantsLow calories are not the sole indicator of health … lol
@@CrystalRose1111 And what ingredient in them makes them unhealthy?
The only thing people are griping about, that its made from fish instead of crab.
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.
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
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.
Its the hot dog of sea food 😄
Imitation crab is actually super tasty
Yes, that's why it's called Imitation.
Wait... you mean to tell me imitation crab meat... isn't made from crab? How will the world recover from this startling revelation?
I thought this was common knowledge
I knew about it in the 70s
Sea skates and stingrays are what I thought they used
I saw this with crab cakes and fast food fish patties and thought to never eat it and still have not
Both imitation and real crab meat are delicious. I enjoy both
They should change the name to Counterfeit Crab.
I used to love this show so much.
Often it contains ground up pollock
Wow, who would’ve thought there’s not real crab in IMITATION crab??!!
Green jackfruit when cooked with coconut milk tastes like crab.
In Portugal we call it "delicias do mar" which translates to "delicacies of the sea"
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! 😀
I'm just waiting for someone to make the ultimate joke about crabsticks.
You make it out to be a really bad thing…
I think it’s an amazing and versatile product. For us who are ( or suddenly became in my case) allergic to crab it’s wonderful .
It does not taste the exact same, but can satisfy the craving 😊
Imitation crab meat is dope. Love it in sushi.
In England it's called fish sticks which is a bit more accurate
The only “crab” that should be in Rangoons!
In Canada it just straight up says imitation crab and that it’s made of haddock
Imitation crab pisses me off so badly. 😑😂😂😂😂
Which is essentially like hotdogs. Processed meat byproduct reconstituted.
This is the first time I heard something other than “New York” in front of the word “Times”
So, it's still fish. Big deal. I eat hotdogs and been just fine. People eat fast food all the time without batting an eye, but people are freaking out about this? lol
It's abominable. Restaurants just call it "crab" nowadays. The owner of an expensive place once told me that "Everybody knows when it says crab, that they mean surami."
Any resemblance or tasting like crab is purely coincidental.
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What’s in the other 50 percent?
I know it's expensive, but I would rather spend the money on real crab (and not from a can) than a processed product.
So all i basically heard was its not even fish at all. Still pretty good but makes me a little more curious about what im really eating.
They flavor it with fermented crab juice. Aka rotten fish.
Imitation crab is better anyway, thank you Gintama
-Or they can just make the crab a normal fucking price. They rather make some shit up for you to eat instead of just making something normal priced.
Haddock was the base for a lot of krab stick in America because of the texture for a long time.
I have a minor shellfish allergy, so it really works out for me that there’s little-none in it tbh
Why are so many people disgusted with the process it's amazing and beautiful. To get something without eating crab being curious it's so expensive technology and Humanity finally did something good and everybody's being a jerk about it😮
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
Clearly self explanatory when it says imationation
fish spam, got it
Huh, so it's basically still seafood. Interesting.
They're saving crabs
In Mexico, They're just called Surimi sticks lol
Ever thought about how much a crab looks like a tick?
Could be a reason for that.
In Australia, it’s called seafood extender
Surimi is what they call the broken and crushed bits of fish that get stuck in the machinery during processing. They scrape this out and that's your Surimi
Its great for budget crab cakes/fritters
Whatever it is, it still tastes good.
Been quite a while since I eat one, now I crave....
There’s also some bacteria on real crab which is why we got imitation crabs
Should be a crime in my opinion
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”
It just Alaskan White Pollock sold as crab. That's always the 1st ingredient. I don't know why they don't just advertise it as fish, like it is.
Tastes fine.