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‘This thing is unreal:’ Seafood fans gawk at massive California Costco lobster claws
www.tri-cityherald.com ^ | March 20, 2019 04:25 PM, Updated March 20, 2019 04:27 PM | By Jared Gilmour

Posted on 03/21/2019 11:01:06 AM PDT by Red Badger

Northern and Southern California seafood fans say they’re buying giant lobster claws sold at Costco stores, and photos on Instagram and Reddit suggest each claw is much larger than a human hand. Screenshot from Instagram

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Seafood lovers on Instagram and Reddit are freaking out over photos showing gigantic lobster claws, and those posting the pictures say they bought them at Costco stores.

“This thing is unreal!” one Instagram user wrote this week, sharing a couple of photos of a massive claw in Southern California’s Newport Beach. “I mean, come on. I’ve seen a few big claws at Costco before, but this one’s crazy! We just had to get it.”

Another Instagram user, sharing more pictures, said the gargantuan claw size “makes me wonder how big the tail is.” Photos of those Kirkland-branded claws show them selling for around $45 each at a Costco in mid-February.

The claws come in a range of weights but generally are between 2 and 7 pounds, INSIDER reports. Most of the lobster claw sightings at Costco stores have been in California, according to the publication.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Health/Medicine; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: allergic; aquaculture; arthropod; claw; food; foodie; lobster; ocean; prawn; redlobster; sea; seafood; shellfish; shrimp
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Gonna need more butter.......................
1 posted on 03/21/2019 11:01:06 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Forget the claws. Gimme a huge tail.


2 posted on 03/21/2019 11:03:55 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Red Badger

Typical Costco merchandise. Huge quantity. ( I wonder who was the first person to even think of eating such a thing? )


3 posted on 03/21/2019 11:06:00 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ( “Politicians are not born; they are excreted.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: sheana
Forget the claws. Gimme a huge tail.

Yeah man! I want t he tail from the beast that produced that claw...and a couple of pounds of butter.

4 posted on 03/21/2019 11:07:10 AM PDT by pgkdan (The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
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To: faithhopecharity

Jonathan Swift — ‘He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.’ ...................


5 posted on 03/21/2019 11:08:47 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: sheana

Meat in the flippers on the end of the tail are IMO the sweetest on the crustacean.


6 posted on 03/21/2019 11:09:11 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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To: Red Badger

7 posted on 03/21/2019 11:10:42 AM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: faithhopecharity

What would a blizzard forecast be without a run to Costco for the 30-pack of toilet paper?


8 posted on 03/21/2019 11:11:17 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: Red Badger

I can’t be the only one, but I find lobster absolutely tasteless. As in, water has more flavor & taste.

Amazed watching family members chow down on it like it’s the best food they ever ingested.


9 posted on 03/21/2019 11:13:58 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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How'd they harvest this thing?

Too big for typical lobster trap...

10 posted on 03/21/2019 11:14:11 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: LongWayHome

If you put enough garlic butter on a turd......................


11 posted on 03/21/2019 11:16:10 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: G Larry

Glock 9mm.......................


12 posted on 03/21/2019 11:16:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: littleharbour

I don’t think that’s real...................


13 posted on 03/21/2019 11:17:24 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

Where do those come from? Fukashima Bay?


14 posted on 03/21/2019 11:17:43 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

SF Bay? Lots of ‘food’?...................


15 posted on 03/21/2019 11:19:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

True. It gets deep-dipped in butter from what I’ve seen.


16 posted on 03/21/2019 11:19:28 AM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Red Badger

That is not a lobster claw. That is a Kraken’s claw.


17 posted on 03/21/2019 11:19:48 AM PDT by centurion316
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IT’s really the butter and garlic they are tasting, they could eat a sponge with it just as tasty...............


18 posted on 03/21/2019 11:20:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: centurion316

Kraken don’t have claws.................


19 posted on 03/21/2019 11:22:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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9mm?

With that armor?

20 posted on 03/21/2019 11:23:31 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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