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From: Cindy Hamilton <chamilton5280@invalid.com>
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Subject: Re: A different easy fast meal
Date: Thu, 1 May 2025 09:03:23 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-05-01, Bruce <Bruce@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On Thu, 1 May 2025 00:13:53 +0000, dsi100@yahoo.com (dsi1) wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:00:57 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> On 2025-04-30 3:07 p.m., Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>> On 4/29/2025 11:47 PM, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-04-30, Carol <cshenk@virginia-beach.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Cost if wondering: 1.74 per serving or near it.  You could also do it
>>>>>> with seared scallops or peeled deveined shrimp.  Costs a little more
>>>>>> that way but not that much.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://postimg.cc/CnBRL1sV
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I don't think I have seen imitation lobster where I shop. I will look
>>>>> harder.
>>>>
>>>> I can't recall seeing imitation lobster.  I've seen imitation crab (aka
>>>> krab) which is basically white fish, usually pollock, ground into a
>>>> paste with some other stuff then pressed and formed to look like it came
>>>> out of crab legs.  It's not something I actually look for.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The photo looks more like imitation crab than lobster.
>>
>>I had a lobster roll from McDonald's. Beats me if it's real or
>>imitation. I paid 11 bucks for it and it was pretty good. I don't want
>>to know if it's real or not. What difference would that make?
>>
>>https://photos.app.goo.gl/iUNtiCjTxcVtx9ZYA
>
> I've never seen fake lobster (kobster?), but this looks real to me.

To me, too.  Fake lobster is much more uniform looking.

Well, I'll be damned.  I guess it does come in stick form:

https://wooltariusa.com/en/products/dongwon-imitation-lobster-meat_140g-x-2

The supermarket fake lobster is always chunks.  I guess you have
to shop someplace really special to find fake lobster that doesn't
look a bit like lobster.

-- 
Cindy Hamilton