Crab stick
Crab sticks, krab sticks, snow legs, imitation crab (meat), or seafood sticks are a type of seafood made of starch and finely pulverized white fish (surimi) that has been shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of snow crab or Japanese spider crab. It is a product that uses fish meat to imitate shellfish meat.
Crab sticks – imitation crab meat surimi. | |
| Alternative names | imitation crab meat, seafood sticks, krab |
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| Place of origin | Japan |
| Main ingredients | white fish |
Originally known as kanikama (カニカマ) in Japanese, from kani (蟹) "crab" and kamaboko (蒲鉾) "fish sausage", in the United States the product is often simply called kani.
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