Lump crab meat in montreal

[Gregoso]

I love me some crab cakes - but up to now have been unable to find fresh lump crab meat in montreal.

It must be available somewhere, because I have had crab cakes at both kitchenette and cafe griffintown, and it seemed like fresh meat...

So, my question is as the tile reads - where can I find unfrozen lump crab meat in montreal.

Barring that, has anyone used the frozen canned stuff to make crab cakes (available at IGA), and how were the results?

Thanks!

[hala]

the brand IGA carries is sometimes sold at poissonrie du marche (atwater) at a much higher price. I have used it a couple of times and found it to be ok.

[JadeMyst]

I don't know what the restaurants or anybody else have been doing, but I've been boiling and shelling blue crabs at home to make crab cakes.

[Gregoso]

You are a brave soul. I am only recently starting to like seafood, and embarassingly have never shelled a crab (or lobster), and wouldn't even know where to start in terms of choosing, cooking, and shelling a crab.

May have to try to frozen stuff to start... then work my way up?

[JadeMyst]

here's a link to a vid on how to remove crabmeat from a boiled crab :)

http://www.chow.com/videos?tag=main_m...