Poem, Quadrille

Eat Me!

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Written for dVerse Poets Pub Quadrille #203
‘feeling crabby’, where we are to include some
form of the word ‘crab’. Here is my Quadrille.

Time after time
I have tried to
eat
a soft
shell
crab
sandwich.

It sounds so
appealing
but
tastes like
the chef
forgot
about
pealing

it.

Crunchy!
Crinky!
Croaky!
Cracky!

My crab
is crappy!

It’s like
listening
to
a CD
without
removing
the
shrink-wrap!

NAR©2024
44 Words

Quadrille #203: Feeling Crabby

This is “Rock Lobster” by the B-52’s

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35 thoughts on “Eat Me!”

    1. Haha! Thanks, Cris! This sandwich is so popular. It looks delicious and smells terrific. What could possibly go wrong? It’s like eating pumpkin seeds with the shell still on! Can you say “Gag me with a spoon, boys and girls?” 😂

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  9. The first time I had soft-shell crab it was marvelous, tender, sweet, and delicious, once I got over the revulsion of what I was eating. I’ve never had it like that since, it is usually like biting into a crab shell, which it is, and I suspect that it is all about the timing and they just don’t get it right. I remember sitting at a restaurant and everyone was raving about the delicacy they were eating, and I thought they were all nuts, or just wanting the emperor to be wearing something other than thin, crackly crab shells.

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    1. HAHAHA!! Exactly! I can’t understand how everyone raves about soft shell crab while all I can think about is swallowing shards of plastic! Could I be the only wrong person at the table?

      Thanks, D! I was wondering if you were going to come back with a secret recipe.

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    1. Do you eat shrimp with the tail on? I’d venture a guess and say ‘no’. That’s what the shell of a soft shell crab is like and when that sucker get’s stuck in my throat it is no bueno!

      I love shrimp, lobster and crab. It’s the epitome of summer dining. But when I’m eating crab, I’d rather have the succulent meat and not the shell …. soft or otherwise! 🦀

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      1. No. And FYI, I refuse to leave it on unless I am serving it cocktail-style and people will use said tail to hold before dipping.
        Nothing I hate more than getting a plate of pasta (or something) with the damn tails still on. FFS…

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  14. I enjoy soft shell crab sandwiches, but if I was served one with a “soft shell” crab such as you have described, I would send the sandwich back. I understand that once a blue crab in the wild sheds its shell the soft-shell stage for a blue crab lasts only two to three hours before the shell starts to harden. If I remember correctly, most restaurant-served soft-shell crabs are hatchery raised. This allows for them to be harvested when their stage is just at the right stage.

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