[Sca-cooks] chowder

[Elaine Koogler]

That may well be.  I do know that the Blue Crab is becoming scarce in these
parts, so I wouldn't be surprised.  However, you do still occasionally find
offerings of She-Crab Soup in restaurants.

Kiri
----- Original Message -----
> I think the actual point of she-crab soup is that at certain times of
> the year she-crabs bear roe, little pinkish-orange eggs under the
> tail flap, which add a powerful crab flavor to a soup made therewith.
> Also a fine pink color. I don't think the US Coast Guard likes
> roe-bearing female crabs to be kept if trapped, nowadays, so the
> habit may have become semi-extinct...
>
> Adamantius
>