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      "Langostino Lobster" More Closely Related To Hermit Crab Than To Lobster

      By Chris Walters, 9:13 PM on Wed May 13 2009, 9,718 views

      Langostino Lobster isn't really lobster, more closely related to hermit crab.If you see the word "langostino" in front of "lobster" at your local seafood fast food chain (*cough* Long John Silvers), make sure you understand what it is you're about to eat. In the US, langostino can refer to squat lobster, pelagic crab or Colorado langostino—all types of shellfish, and more closely related to crabs and, yes, hermit crabs than to lobsters. "Sweet Buttery Hermit Handfuls" wouldn't be any more accurate than "Buttered Langostino Lobster Bites," but it wouldn't be any less accurate, either. And no, LJS, it doesn't count if you put the shellfish pieces in a cardboard lobster tail.

      "Lobsters Pinched by the Downcline" [Barracuda Magazine] (Thanks to hobosurfer!)

      Read More: imposters, Long John Silvers, Fast Food, Seafood, lobster, shellfish, Langostino, Fakes, fakery, cutting corners, misrepresentation, crab, Hermit crabs, Food, Fda

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