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VERY FISHY People are only just realising what crab sticks are made from and say they’ll never eat them again Chloe Morgan
The Sun UK ^ | Chloe Morgan Published: 13:51, 9 Jul 2023 ; Updated: 9:16, 10 Jul 2023

Posted on 07/10/2023 5:41:02 AM PDT by Red Badger

VIDEO AT LINK...............

CRABSTICKS are adored by seafood lovers across the nation, but people have vowed never to eat them again after learning what they're actually made from.

A social media user shared a video of the process on Reddit, which shows how a Thailand-based factory creates the fishy sticks.

People are only just realising what crab sticks are madeCredit: Reddit/rco888

Crabsticks go through a whole host of processes before arriving on supermarket shelvesCredit: Reddit/rco888

And many have been left horrified by the reality - with people branding them "fish hot dogs."

The savoury snack begins its journey as a grey slab of frozen fish meat, before making its way into a machine where it's crushed.

Next, it moves onto a second machine where other ingredients are added - including salt and egg white.

The fishy mix is then blended with several ice cubes, before factory workers add vegetable oil and sugars.

It's then placed through a tube which turns it into a slimy grey paste, before being rolled into a rectangle strip.

At this point, it's encased in the orange coating that were's all familiar with.

And for anyone wondering, the distinctive coating is naturally pigmented surimi - a paste made from fish or other meat.

Finally, the crabsticks are wrapped in plastic and frozen, before being boxed up by employees and finding their way onto supermarket shelves.

The video, which was allegedly taken from inside the world's largest crabstick factory, was flooded with comments from horrified social media users.

"Hot dogs of the sea," wrote one.

A second penned: "The only ingredient I could identify was the ice."

A third quipped: "Everything ok hun? You've hardly touched your grey" due to the colour of the original paste."

Crabsticks start out in concrete-like blocksCredit: Reddit/rco888


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: crabsticks; food
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To: Red Badger

Man, you find all the fun threads, don’t you…


61 posted on 07/10/2023 7:06:39 AM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: Red Badger

Soylent Gray.


62 posted on 07/10/2023 7:10:03 AM PDT by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: Red Badger
Hot dog of the sea?

I never thought about eating one on a bun with many toppings Chicago style before....hmmmmm...possibilities....

63 posted on 07/10/2023 7:16:16 AM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)
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To: antidemoncrat

“Farm raised in” .... Indonesia ...Vietnam ... India ... and especially China ... I never purchase the product.”

Me too. I’ve seen honey from China too.


64 posted on 07/10/2023 7:22:01 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Red Badger
One fish, two fish,
Red fish, Blue fish................

One fish, two fish,
Red fish, Grey goo fish................

65 posted on 07/10/2023 7:22:53 AM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: gundog

Check you have a better idea what’s in it.


66 posted on 07/10/2023 7:23:19 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: Openurmind

“usually Pollock”

Or Hake which is worse.


67 posted on 07/10/2023 7:26:48 AM PDT by DaiHuy (I support LGBTQ. (Lets Get Biden to Quit.))
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To: Red Badger

we’ve always called ‘em k-rab sticks ...


68 posted on 07/10/2023 7:28:49 AM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: Red Badger

And what do they think the zero carbon food, imitation meat is made of?


69 posted on 07/10/2023 7:30:58 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: Red Badger

I don’t see any description in the article that would make me balk at eating crab sticks, though the only thing I use them for is to make crab rangoon.


70 posted on 07/10/2023 7:31:31 AM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: Red Badger

This is silly, everybody knows Krab sticks aren’t real crab. That’s why they call it “K” crab. I like it. Kind of like saying people are not eating hot dogs because they found out they’re not made out of prime rib. Sheesh........


71 posted on 07/10/2023 7:42:40 AM PDT by slouper (LWRC SPR 5.5 6)
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To: Red Badger

Just heavily processed ocean whitefish.

CC


72 posted on 07/10/2023 7:51:27 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Red Badger

Krab with a “K”


73 posted on 07/10/2023 7:53:27 AM PDT by 31R1O (The people who can control themselves ought to be able to defend themselves from those who can't.)
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To: Larry Lucido

Really no different from fish cakes, which are a common side dish in Japan.

CC


74 posted on 07/10/2023 7:53:31 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: Red Badger

Fake crab meat made from Alaska Pollock is quite good and much less costly than the real thing.


75 posted on 07/10/2023 8:05:58 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Openurmind

I remember hearing a lot of Pollock jokes when I was a kid. “You hear about the Pollock that locked his keys in the car?...Took him 3 days to get his family out.” Never really got them. What’s a Pollock doing with a car anyway?


76 posted on 07/10/2023 8:08:42 AM PDT by Farmerbob
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To: Delta 21

I thought that was a photo of Lizzo backstage.


77 posted on 07/10/2023 8:08:46 AM PDT by Noumenon (You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
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To: Red Badger

78 posted on 07/10/2023 8:12:00 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: Manic_Episode
Fry it with some butter, get it brown, then slap it on a toasted garlic bun with some parmesan, onion, and pepper. Best slimy crab-like substance ever. :)

Don't get me started on potted meat or the shaped version, vienna sausages. lol
79 posted on 07/10/2023 8:12:01 AM PDT by Retrofitted
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To: dfwgator

80 posted on 07/10/2023 8:15:07 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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