Has anyone ever eaten one of those mean, nasty-looking sheep crabs? Are they any good? 
Sheep Crabs
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Never tried. Here's an excerpt from an old California Diving News article:
"Are sheep crabs good eating? Yes, but why try to take them? Only the big ones have enough meat to make it worthwhile and who at home has a crab steaming pot two feet in diameter? Then you have to bust through the thick shell to get at the meat."
"Are sheep crabs good eating? Yes, but why try to take them? Only the big ones have enough meat to make it worthwhile and who at home has a crab steaming pot two feet in diameter? Then you have to bust through the thick shell to get at the meat."
riguerin:Never tried. Here's an excerpt from an old California Diving News article:
"Are sheep crabs good eating? Yes, but why try to take them? Only the big ones have enough meat to make it worthwhile and who at home has a crab steaming pot two feet in diameter? Then you have to bust through the thick shell to get at the meat."
I'm serious.
The cover pics just get recycled year after year. They rule.
Or do people really dive with that stuff in 2006???
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Ken
undrwater
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I've had it in a sushi bar whose owner was a diver. It was good...tasted like crab, only crabbier.
OP
Mo2vation:
ROFLMAO!!!!!
wetrat
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Gotta admit that guy looks pretty schnazzy in his matching red gear.Mo2vation:
But that's coming from a guy who color coordinates his primary hose, mask strap cover and SUV.John
Oh sorry, no never ate a sheep crab I'm allergic to shellfish Ann Marie!
I've got what looks to be the same 2nd Stage with a blue faceplate. It cracked and I never replaced the body.
Note that the diver has only one 2nd stage in that picture. This is in the days before "octos" when buddy breathing was king!
Ken, I'm still using that 1st stage, so I guess some of us still dive with "some" of that stuff in 2006. It's bullet proof, but doesn't have enough ports to add a dry suit inflater hose. Oh... and it's got ugly hose routing by today's more streamlined standards.
Christian
Note that the diver has only one 2nd stage in that picture. This is in the days before "octos" when buddy breathing was king!
Ken, I'm still using that 1st stage, so I guess some of us still dive with "some" of that stuff in 2006. It's bullet proof, but doesn't have enough ports to add a dry suit inflater hose. Oh... and it's got ugly hose routing by today's more streamlined standards.
Christian
headhunter:I've got what looks to be the same 2nd Stage with a blue faceplate. It cracked and I never replaced the body.
Note that the diver has only one 2nd stage in that picture. This is in the days before "octos" when buddy breathing was king!
Ken, I'm still using that 1st stage, so I guess some of us still dive with "some" of that stuff in 2006. It's bullet proof, but doesn't have enough ports to add a dry suit inflater hose. Oh... and it's got ugly hose routing by today's more streamlined standards.
Christian
Very, very often the pics on CDN feature very groovy gear.
I mean, check the mask on this pic. You know you're draining a third of your tank to clear that thing. You can take your pet gold fish on the dive and still see over the half-gallon of water you provided for him.
I'm not bashing the pub - I love it. But what I love the very best are the recycled cover pics, and the recycled pics inside.
Who knows - maybe Dale and his family all dive this stuff and these pics are a week old. But judging by the gear and the color tones of the photos, I maintain they're family relics.
And I couldn't be more pleased.
CDN serves the thousands of newbie divers that roll through SoCal shops every year. That's why its free, ubiquetous and the stories just roll over season to season. I'm sure maybe 10% of the divers keep reading the thing year after year. We'd have to ask someone who's been working in a SoCal shop for years about how many times they've read the upcoming "how to catch lobster in SoCal" story that will doubtless grace to September or October edition.
I love the mag. Its a case study for efficient cost / benefit. Only the ads are new.
heh heh...and some of them really aren't either.
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Ken
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