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BLUE CRABS
Named as such for the brilliant blue on
their front claws, Maryland’s crabs are
caught in the Chesapeake Bay and are
a pride of the region — for good reason.
They’re delicious. We eat them in any
manner possible — from steamed and
sprinkled with Old Bay, served atop
paper and with a mallet (be ready to
work), to sautéed soft shells, as crab
cakes, in crab soup, in crab dip, or in
myriad other variations. We’ll put crab
in almost anything.
TRY IT Jimmy’s Famous Seafood
(Dundalk), Bo Brooks (Canton),
Captain James Landing (Canton),
Nick’s Fish House (Port Covington)
OLD BAY
Speaking of Old Bay: The zippy red
seasoning, a blend of 18 spices,
was concocted by a German
immigrant living in Maryland in
1939 and was always meant for
flavoring seafood. Later, it was
bought by McCormick & Co., and has
always been manufactured locally.
These days, the spice certainly isn’t
restricted to crab seasoning: Find
it used in a slew of unexpected
applications, from Herr’s Old Bay
Cheese Curls and Mr. Dee’s Old Bay
Seasoned Fries to George’s Old Bay
Bloody Mary Mix.
TRY IT Sold locally in most
grocery stores ■
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NEW
Takes on
Traditional
Tastes
BERGER &
OTTERBEIN COOKIE
ICE CREAM
the charmery
Otterbein Sugar Cookie
ice cream (and for
adventurous types, Old
Bay Caramel!)
PIE
dangerously delicious pies
Baltimore Bomb pie, with
Berger cookies swirled into
a vanilla chess filling
BOOZY MILKSHAKE
abbey burger bistro
Berger cookies, Berger
cookie ice cream, vanilla
vodka and Godiva liquor
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BLUE CRAB
TATER TOTS
alexander’s tavern
Tots piled with crab dip,
jack cheese and jumbo lump
crab, plus a sprinkle of
Old Bay
PIZZA
matthew’s
The famous “crab pie” with
jumbo lump crab, chopped
onion and two types of
cheese, baked in a cast-iron
cake pan
HOT DOG
stuggy’s
Homemade, baked macand-cheese,
plus lump crab,
Old Bay and lemon — atop a
classic hot dog
OLD BAY
BEER
flying dog brewery
Dead Rise, summer ale
brewed with Old Bay and
lemon
BLOODY MARY
miss shirley’s cafe
Served with an Old Bay rim
and topped with shrimp,
sausage, celery and bacon.
For an extra kick, add two
ounces of jumbo lump crab
meat to your drink.
RIBS
mission bbq
Ribs coated in an Old Bay
seasoning
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