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Jonah crab

noun

  1. a large, red, deepwater crab, Cancer borealis, of the east coast of North America.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of Jonah crab1

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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Another provision supported by the Maine delegation was added to aid the state’s lobster and Jonah crab fisheries, delaying regulations proposed to help save endangered North Atlantic right whales.

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You can also dine with less adventure on a Jonah crab salad or a grilled strip steak.

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In a New York brasserie you almost never see choucroute, but you may well see Jonah crab salad, which at Le Crocodile, is stirred with yuzukosho mayonnaise and sits on a cushion of avocado purée.

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For 2019 we’re thinking about a lobster roll topped with white truffle butter, cocktail Jonah crab claws with a bunch of different sauces, lightly fried scallops and a wasabi soy roll.

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Elsewhere, the Jonah crab has also found acceptance as an alternative to the West Coast’s popular Dungeness crab.

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