This is the name of a
fake crab meat product manufactured by
Trident Seafoods Corporation. It is the most commonly used
Surimi product on the market. Most of the "seafood salad" you will encounter at
buffet restaurants or at relatives' parties will be made of the stuff. The prime ingredient of Sea Legs is
Pollock, a
fish that is often served as iteslf. It is, however, considerably cheaper than real
Alaskan King Crab legs.
From Trident's website, we find the following information about Sea Legs
TM:
INGREDIENTS:
IMITATION CRAB (POLLOCK, WATER, EGG WHITES, CORN STARCH, WHEAT STARCH, MIRIN (RICE WINE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, POTATO STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, SORBITOL, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SOYBEAN OIL, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE, PAPRIKA, COLOR ADDED), SMOKED SALMON (SALMON, SALT, SPICE, NATURAL ALDER SMOKE, SODIUM NITRITE), SHRIMP (SHRIMP, SALT).
The
Canadian Food Inspection Agency has this to say:
Kamaboko products (processed fish which is manufactured to imitate other seafood such as crab, shrimp, etc.) must be correctly labelled as such. For example, a kamaboko product that resembles crab legs cannot be labelled "Crab Legs." The common name of these products must be adequately descriptive ("Imitation Crab Legs", "Crab-Flavoured Pollock," etc.); a trade name such as "Sea Legs" is not sufficient.