As oil threat creeps closer, a rush on seafood
Margie Scheuermann, who has lived here for 78 years, went over her list as she waited in line Tuesday to buy local seafood at the Crescent City Farmers Market: a pair of soft-shell crabs, a pound of lump crab meat and five pounds of unpeeled white gulf shrimp. โThis could all be gone next week,โ she said. โAnd if we donโt get fresh seafood, what are we going to do? You canโt cook.โ In good times and bad, New Orleans…