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‘This thing is unreal:’ Seafood fans gawk at massive California Costco lobster claws
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| 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.......................
To: Red Badger
Forget the claws. Gimme a huge tail.
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posted on
03/21/2019 11:03:55 AM PDT
by
sheana
To: Red Badger
Typical Costco merchandise. Huge quantity. ( I wonder who was the first person to even think of eating such a thing? )
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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))
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.
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posted on
03/21/2019 11:07:10 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority STILL Stands With TRUMP! WWG1WGA)
To: faithhopecharity
Jonathan Swift — ‘He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.’ ...................
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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....................)
To: sheana
Meat in the flippers on the end of the tail are IMO the sweetest on the crustacean.
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posted on
03/21/2019 11:09:11 AM PDT
by
Roccus
(When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
To: Red Badger
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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)
To: faithhopecharity
What would a blizzard forecast be without a run to Costco for the 30-pack of toilet paper?
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.
To: Red Badger
How'd they harvest this thing?
Too big for typical lobster trap...
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posted on
03/21/2019 11:14:11 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: LongWayHome
If you put enough garlic butter on a turd......................
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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....................)
To: G Larry
Glock 9mm.......................
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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....................)
To: littleharbour
I don’t think that’s real...................
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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....................)
To: Red Badger
Where do those come from? Fukashima Bay?
To: Buckeye McFrog
SF Bay? Lots of ‘food’?...................
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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....................)
To: Red Badger
True. It gets deep-dipped in butter from what I’ve seen.
To: Red Badger
That is not a lobster claw. That is a Kraken’s claw.
To: LongWayHome
IT’s really the butter and garlic they are tasting, they could eat a sponge with it just as tasty...............
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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....................)
To: centurion316
Kraken don’t have claws.................
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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....................)
To: Red Badger
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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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