# Chicken Of The Sea & Starkist canned crab meat is just awful, awful stuff!

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 20, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-of-the-sea-starkist-canned-crab-meat-is-just-awful-awful-stuff/632027 "2012-08-20T03:04:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-of-the-sea-starkist-canned-crab-meat-is-just-awful-awful-stuff/632027/1 "2012-08-20T03:04:24Z")

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Bought a few cans of this from Walmart the other day.

“It’s Crabmeat, how bad can it be?” I said to myself and purchased a few cans of [Chicken of the Sea](http://chickenofthesea.com/product_line_detail.aspx?did=480680) and Bumblebee crabmeat. The type I got was the shredded, non-lump type.

Well… let me tell you it’s horrific. it’s like crabjuice flavored sawdust. Both brands are identical. It’s tasteless glop. I feel like a complete fool for buying it, I should have known better. I can’ t think of any dish that would made better by the addition of these tasteless wood shavings.

Note - I said Starkist in the title and I meant[Bumblebee.](http://www.bumblebee.com/products/4/bumble-bee-lump-crabmeat) Starkist does not do canned crabmeat.

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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-of-the-sea-starkist-canned-crab-meat-is-just-awful-awful-stuff/632027/2 "2012-08-20T03:25:25Z")

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Well, you get what you pay for. I read an article in Cook’s that said in order to be shelf stable the cans of crab are processed in high heat rendering the contents dry and stringy. I think it’s meant to be used as an ingredient in soups, casseroles, and spreads. I personally like a nice crab spread (can of crab, cream cheese, very finely chopped onion or scallion, mayo, salt and pepper, and a dash of Old Bay) with crackers.

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**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2012, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-of-the-sea-starkist-canned-crab-meat-is-just-awful-awful-stuff/632027/3 "2012-08-20T03:51:31Z")

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The song is “Yum yum Bumblebee, Bumblebee Tuna, I love Bumblebee, Bumblebee Tuna” for more reasons than the rhyme scheme, it seems.