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In article <2tq377$3or@mimir.umiacs.umd.edu>, Erik Hoel wrote:
> Blue crabs are certainly a useful accompaniment to a couple pitchers
> of Natty Bo, but one must take a _few_ artistic liberties to make the
> above statement.
> 
> Take a drive out to the Olympic Peninsula and stop by a seafood joint
> in Dungeoness; ask for two crabs.
> 
> Opinions will change.

Erik --

No offense intended here, but I've been subjected to Dungeness crabs,
both in Oregon and in California.  While I'll grant you they are often
larger than Maryland Blue Crabs, I was _EXTREMELY_ disappointed with the
flavor.  In both cases, the crabs were not sweet, and the meat had a 
stringier texture than that of Blue crabs.  While I cannot speak 
personally for the quality of the restaurants, I can tell you that the
California adventure was part of a business trip in which a would-be
partner was wooing my then-employer.  They insisted on taking us to 
"the best seafood restaurant in [one of the areas of Silicon Valley, I
think it was Cupertino]" for lunch.  They raved about the Dungeness
Crab so much that my boss and I ordered it as much out of curiosity as
anything else.  Man, what a disappointment.

I do know of folks who swear by Dungeness Crabs.  I don't share their 
preference.

-- Jonathan Crawford
   Ark Technologies, Inc.

PS.  Although Nasty Bo is a (barely) acceptable accompaniment to crabs, 
     try Dixie sometime.  It's not a great beer for drinking by itself, 
     but it is the best lager I've found (so far) for accompanying food.