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09-19-2005, 05:02 PM
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| |  Q: Dead Man's Hands
hello everyone!
can somebody please help me here! What relation does the phrase "dead man's hands" have to cooking, or the kitchen? this is a question a friend asked me today, and i haven't the slightest clue! 
thanks!
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09-19-2005, 05:04 PM
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It's a poker hand and also a video game. Does that help?
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09-19-2005, 05:32 PM
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its a poker hand...
I have a little descroption about why its called that if anyones intrested... |
09-19-2005, 05:37 PM
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Crab lungs are also called "Dead men" and "devils fingers" in a kitchen context that may be what was meant. |
09-19-2005, 07:32 PM
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Im with Chrose. The only phrase I have heard, in context of a kitchen, is "dead man's fingers", relating to the lungs of crabs, most specifically to softshell crabs.
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09-19-2005, 10:00 PM
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The "dead man's hand" is poker hand consisting of a pair of aces and a pair of eights. It's called that because supposedly Wild Bill Hickock was holding that hand when he was murdered.
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09-20-2005, 10:33 PM
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thanks everyone, yeah the answer i was looking for was infact 'dead mans fingers'. meaning crabs lungs!....and from what i understand they are highly poisonus, and will infact kill someone if consumed!...
you learn something new everyday!
thanks!
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09-21-2005, 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by mikeymikey thanks everyone, yeah the answer i was looking for was infact 'dead mans fingers'. meaning crabs lungs!....and from what i understand they are highly poisonus, and will infact kill someone if consumed!...
you learn something new everyday!
thanks!
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09-23-2005, 09:49 PM
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if im not mistaken, the dead mans fingers are the rear legs of a crab (the small ones with paddles on them), but then again i could be wrong.
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09-24-2005, 10:07 AM
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Originally Posted by Nick.Shu if im not mistaken, the dead mans fingers are the rear legs of a crab (the small ones with paddles on them), but then again i could be wrong. | Sorry Nick, those are "swimmers" the deadmen are the crab lungs or gills. |
09-25-2005, 07:16 AM
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Chrose is right.
(And I know you never get tired of hearing that  )
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09-25-2005, 12:00 PM
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Took the  right out of my mouth!  | |
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