What's up with Crab Rangoon and its decided lack of crab?

[Wallydraigle]

Of the two local Chinese restaurants I know of that serve Crab Rangoon, one puts a little tiny piece of something that could possibly be crab, but it's probably imitation crab, and the other puts no crab at all. None. It's just creme cheese. How can they even call that Crab Rangoon? Is it the same way everywhere?

 

[amb#cog]

It's called profit ratio, food cost, etc.

They use imitation (seafood salad stuff) stuff everywhere I've seen. Besides, if you ever had old crab served to you, you'd wish you were dead. So be happy they play it safe.

 

[amb#cog]

Just noticed your sig.

Juice is good, no? LOL

 

[ChrichtonsGirl]

Our local Chinese place started doing that. They normally have incredible Crab Rangoons, but this time, it wasn't much more than a bunch of slimy cream cheese and a green onion piece or two. It was like eating sour snot, so after one bite, I quit. I've been afraid to order them again ever since and have stuck to dumplings.

 

[Wallydraigle]

Don't get me wrong, I don't even like crab meat. It's just that it seems very misleading. It's like the old tomato surprize gag, where the surprize is that there's no tomato in it.



I like-a da juice. You like-a da juice too, eh?