On Thursday, my work cafeteria will be serving soft shell crab.

[Magrittes Pipe]

Dare I? :scared:

[dolo amber]

1. Well, we *do* have health insurance now...

:hi:

[DS1]

6. If you don't have a 30 day waiting period, one will be written

specifically for seafood before you've finished dialing through the insurance phone system ;-)

[Magrittes Pipe]

7. Insurance kicked in on April 1.

Hell, it's the cafeteria. Even if the insurance company tries to dick me, I'll just file a worker's comp. claim.

[Beware the Beast Man]

16. If you survived Mexican day, this should be a cinch.

:hurts:

[XNASA]

2. Serving them what?

[Magrittes Pipe]

5. My immune system.

[_testify_]

3. Depends - do you have any sick days left?

[Magrittes Pipe]

8. Yes. Yes, I do.

[_testify_]

19. Then DON't eat the crab, say you DID, and call in sick!

Then spend the day eating Ben & Jerry's in bed.

[terrya]

4. Work cafeteria food can be iffy.

I sure as hell wouldn't try soft shell crab if MY workplace cafeteria offered it.

[Magrittes Pipe]

9. Especially mine.

Even the peanuts seem to be a bit past their prime.

[terrya]

10. Yes...sounds like mine

You should see what my work cafeteria does with meat loaf....it's not pretty, to put it mildly.

[dolo amber]

12. Meatloaf in, meatloaf out

:scared:

[terrya]

13. Uh-huh.

Exactly right. :scared:

[TreasonousBastard]

11. YUMMMMM! Just dig in...

it's the chicken salad you really have to worry about.

[eyesroll]

14. Why? Why would they even bother with this?

I'm not a fan of the soft shells, myself.

[Beware the Beast Man]

15. Couldn't be any worse than Sweet Pickle Sushi.

[Susang]

17. Well, at least it's in season

Though personally, I've never liked eating the poor wee creatures. :-(

[LostinVA]

18. You live in Cleveland -- NO!!!

Virginia Beach, Baltimore, Cape May, Wilmington, NC... yes. Cleveland????

[tigereye]

20. only when you are at or near the beach

god knows when the poor things were actually last in the water....

[CottonBear]

21. No. Go to NOLA or the FL, SC or GA coast for softshell crab.

I do not eat seafood that is not straight out of the ocean or bayou.

BTW, soft shell crab is delish! Especially fried with a cream shrimp suace poured over. Mmmm!

[SoCalDem]

22. Ask if they bought them from a van in the parking lot

:scared: