Originally Posted by
mbstone
Soft-shell crabs come from Maryland, and the fresh ones are sold there from May through August. If you encounter them at any other place or time, they are frozen. You can buy the frozen kind in California at most seafood specialty stores such as Santa Monica Seafood.
That was what I thought. I'll save myself for the East coast sometime
Originally Posted by
stevechin
I don't think the soft shell crabs are from here. I think they're from the east coast. I usually get them when I visit my friends in Baltimore. ^
We have Dungeness Crab and a few close cousins like Rock Crab and Red Crab in California, but I think the season starts around Thanksgiving, not now.
I'm a huge fan California Dungness in season. My favorite places have their own boats!
Thanks!