And the humans are eating pretty well also. It's been years, literally, since we had Dungeness crab. There was a long shortage, and it was ridiculously expensive, as in $30 a pound. Apparently the Alaska populations recovered recently, so here's been a bonanza of this type of crab. No one is quite sure why they bounced back, but hey don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
They were a good buy at about $7 a pound. Oh, darn, being Costco, I had to buy two! Enough for an all-you-can-eat crab dinner with melted butter and a cold snack lunch the next day. What a treat.
Once cleaned, they still made quite a pile even we couldn't hoover through in one sitting.
I'm headed to Twisp today for a short solo stay. It's hot, and the girls will be out-of-town visiting other grandparents, but John and I have plans the next two weekends so this is the only chance to go until mid-September. That's a gentler month than in the Valley when everyone finally relaxes...fire danger is still very high in August.
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