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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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To: sphinx
And someone who had watched animals chow down on oysters.

And Vibrio?????

I think the really bold and starving man was the first one to discover castoreum, the flavor-enhancer produced by the anal scent glands of beavers.

61 posted on 03/21/2019 3:09:45 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: LongWayHome
Makes sense:) $23 for a lobster roll here last week at the local seafood place.

And for that price, you could get a decent steak and a whole bag of charcoal to grill it!
62 posted on 03/21/2019 3:20:50 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: LongWayHome

Not to be disrespectful, but some people don’t have sensitive tastebuds. You may be one of them.


63 posted on 03/21/2019 3:23:06 PM PDT by PrairieLady2
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To: PrairieLady2

Could be...I am a deplorable!


64 posted on 03/21/2019 3:47:29 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Red Badger

How far from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant did they find that thing?


65 posted on 03/21/2019 3:55:50 PM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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To: Red Badger

Probably taste like crap


66 posted on 03/21/2019 3:59:47 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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To: Red Badger

Come to think of it … I wonder how old that lobster was.


67 posted on 03/21/2019 4:42:28 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Red Badger

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68 posted on 03/21/2019 4:42:57 PM PDT by Kudsman (Im trying to love the tolerant left. They make it very hard to do.)
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To: PIF

Vacuum packed?
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No, but well wrapped in plastic wrap, something Costco doesn’t do. I’ve kept them at subzero temps. for over year and they’ve still come out good.


69 posted on 03/21/2019 5:20:35 PM PDT by libstripper
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To: Red Badger

Lobsters used to be ground up and used as fertilizer. Nobody thought they were edible or worth eating.


70 posted on 03/21/2019 5:25:09 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: SamAdams76

Back in the small New England town where I grew up, our local supermarket had a live lobster tank and a big steamer. You could select your lobster, finish the rest of your shopping, then come back to pick your freshly steamed lobster. I vaguely remember the price at about $2.00/pound.


71 posted on 03/21/2019 5:49:33 PM PDT by Inspectorette
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To: sheana

During the Revolutionary War the Continental Army fed lobsters to the prisoners! I bet they got sick of them.


72 posted on 03/21/2019 7:41:28 PM PDT by Go_Raiders (The fact is, we really don't know anything. It's all guesswork and rationalization.)
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To: Red Badger

That’s because COSTCO has them all !


73 posted on 03/21/2019 7:45:03 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!!)
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To: Red Badger

Shame they harvested a lobster of that size. It could have made a lot more bank as a live specimen somewhere. Sucker must have been 30 years old or more?


74 posted on 03/21/2019 7:53:43 PM PDT by DAC21
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To: blueplum
:^) Sharp knife, hot skillet, blob of butter...

75 posted on 03/21/2019 10:52:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (this tagline space is now available)
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To: libstripper

Seafood glazed, flash frozen and vacuum packed last longest keep below 25 degrees


76 posted on 03/22/2019 1:06:11 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: PIF
Try -10 Fahrenheit.
77 posted on 03/22/2019 4:59:01 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: sphinx

I hope it was really old, because if it was young we’d be in BIG TROUBLE!..............


78 posted on 03/22/2019 6:25:34 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: SamAdams76

OH, the huge manatee!.......................


79 posted on 03/22/2019 6:30:27 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: littleharbour

That’s not too far from me, down the road in Shediac NB.


80 posted on 03/22/2019 6:52:32 AM PDT by kanawa (Trump Loves a Great Deal (NorthernSentinel))
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