No Crab For The French!

At the show on Saturday, God only knows how it came up, we were talking about the various names for types of meat. Cows = Beef, Pigs =Pork, Sheep = Mutton. It dawned on me that I didn’t know the word for Crab meat other than Crab; so I asked David (a well-read guy). He explained that all those words had French roots, and that the French didn’t eat Crab.

I asked him why, and he didn’t know. So one popped in my head. Some French chef preparing a meal and he’s brought a bushel of crabs: “What iz zees? Zut alore! Ze leetle spidery zings are trying to pinch me! Zis will not do! Get away from me wiz zat. I will serve somezing else.”

David chuckled, saying that was a better answer than whatever the hell was the truth.

Rock on.