Rhinestone Dandy.
This has nothing to do with stick-on facial jewelry gems. It has to do with, no surprise, the price of lump crab meat. I ran into Vincent, yet again. Happiness loves company.
Vincent sat down next to me, took one look, and he said to Python Lady with a jerk of his head, “This guy.”
Python Lady said, “Don’t even ask what he is up to next.”
Vincent and I talked about the price of lump crab meat, as red-blooded men do when they live in New Orleans. Vincent had to leave for an hour. He is going to knock boots somewhere else. I do not ask many questions.
In the meantime, with Vincent gone, I asked someone who’s opinion I respect about the current price of lump crab meat. I have heard so many stories, recently, that seem designed to give children nightmares, that I decided to go to someone who actually buys lump crab meat for a living.
“Mr. King, I understand you want to buy some lump crab meat.”
So, I went through the whole rigmarole of explaining that I am not in the market for lump crab meat but the subject has been coming up again and again in the social circles I travel in. I wanted to talk to someone with some definitive knowledge versus me going to Restaurant Depot or the supermarket myself. This guy, who is very mature for his age, gave me the skinny.
The price of lump crab meat has been hovering below $20.00/lb. this summer. The guy I was talking to, he paid $17.99/lb. this morning.
Now, jumbo lump, that is a different matter. Jumbo lump is the big claw meat that separates the men from the boys. Jumbo lump crab meat is a price point above and beyond regular lump crab.
Lump crab meat. How often do you have a chance to string those three words together if you do not live in New Orleans? Barely a week goes by when someone, anyone, it could be anyone, they cannot resist talking about lump crab meat. It even happens when I am crossing a bridge in City Park.
Like a rhinestone dandy, I was a’riding out on my Vespa in a star-spangled New Orleans adventure.