Baltimore Crab Cakes

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Akavar)

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:46:03 GMT

The Eating Team is hosting a Crab Cake, Coddie, and Pit Beef tour of Baltimore on Saturday, December 8th. There is no cost for this and anyone can jump on or off the tour whenever they want. We just want to share our adventure with anyone else who is interested in these kinds of things.

Please send me an email through the site if you want further details.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (tmizerek)

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:43:34 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by lleechef

Rusty,
Panko is Japanese bread crumbs, they're shredded, not ground like the conventional style crumbs which gives them more texture, more crunch, less oil retention. And yes, you'll probably find them in the Asian isle of your groceria.

And at Trader Joe's.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (rbpalmer)

Wed, 27 Jun 2007 12:27:11 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by ocdreamr

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<div style="border: 1px #999999 solid; background-color: #DCDCDC; padding: 4px;">Originally posted by charmaine_go

Hi,
Does anyone know if Maryland has an annual crab festival. I imagine that they probably have several, if so, which ones are the best to attend? My husband and I just moved to New Jersey and would like to take a day trip to Maryland for a festival.

Thanks.

I know there is a crab oriented weekend in St Michael's at the Maritime Museum the weekend of 7/26-7/27. There is also the big crab festival in Crisfield it's at the end of August, both are on the Eastern shore. Here's a link to the Crisfield festival http://www.crisfield.org/crabderby.cfm

Here's an updated link to Crisfield seafood (and other) festivals and events. http://www.crisfieldchamber.com/events.htm

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (mayor al)

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:56:19 GMT

Roadrash,
No apologies are necessary. However you have to acknowledge that taste in crabcakes like many other foods is a very subjective evaluation. To you the Crabcakes you describe are the best, to others some other location may appeal more. A mutual respect for the opinions of others make the sampling of various locations a lot of fun. You don't have to agree with the other persons opinion, just don't put them down because they differ from your thoughts.

That Said, I haven't tried the ones you mention, but so far G & M and Fraidley's are tied for first place in my book.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (roadrash)

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:32:50 GMT

With all due apologies, the VERY best crabcakes anywhere on earth are served at LaMotte's in New Freedom, PA. Yes, that's right - New Freedom, PA, east of Shrewsbury PA, in the middle of nowhere. Absolutely the best anywhere. And lest anyone doubt my credentials for such an assay, I was born and raised in Maryland, lived there for 30 years and ate crabcakes at just about every restaurant and market in the state.

www.lamottes.com

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (cwjudyjr)

Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:32:42 GMT

The best Crab Cakes I have ever had are found at the Edgewater Restaurant on Mayo Road in Edgewater MD, just south of Annapolis MD. The Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes are the best I have had anywhere. Try them if you zre in the area.

Conrad

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (signman)

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 14:38:15 GMT

While "jumbo lump" are the stars at the Market, they must be shipping just plain backfin.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (mayor al)

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 10:11:29 GMT

Hungry Pookette-
If you read the other thread that is active right now dealing with Fraidleys and G & M, I think you may decide to order from G&M Seafood. I have tried both locations and find them about equal (in the restaurant). I have ordered G&M twice via the Internet and found them to be a good as the ones served at the restaurant. Other members have commented on that other thread that Fraidleys mail Order Crabcakes are not of the same quality as the ones served in the Market.

Buyer Beware ! Check the comments on this thread...http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=16897

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (MandalayVA)

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 09:19:32 GMT

HP, I've ordered from Faidley's online, but I'll warn you that what they ship is very different than what you can get when you're actually there. They're not bad, just different.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (HungryPookette)

Thu, 14 Dec 2006 22:23:58 GMT

I'm thinking about placing an order through Faidley's for Christmas so I can get a fresh supply shipped to me before the big day. Does anyone know what kind of a price/size range I should expect, and has anyone made a shipped-purchase through them through the phone?

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (BarbarainLH)

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 17:50:31 GMT

Faidley's Crab Cakes

1/2 c mayonnaise
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 T Dijon mustard
1 T worcestershire sauce
1/2 t hot sauce
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat,drained
1 c crushed saltines(about 20 crackers)

Stir together the first 5 ingredients, and fold in the crabmeat and saltines. Let stand for 3 minutes. Shape into 8 patties.( I use a 1/3 cup to measure them out) Place on a wax paper lined baking sheet, cover and chill for 1 hour. Fry on each side for about 3-4 minutes, in a little bit of oil. Drain on paper towels.*** Sometimes I make them and freeze them**To cook I put them in the oven (frozen)at 400-425* until they are done. They sell Lump crab meat at Sam's Club!!
These are so good I ate 3 of them last night!!! I found the recipe in Southern Living Mag.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (PaulBPool)

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 11:00:48 GMT

Now I'm not really much of a seafood fan, I'll eat shrimp, a nice tuna or mahi-mahi steak on the grill, and that's about it. I don't much care for lobster or crab, but I do enjoy a good MD style crab cake occasionally.
I was fortunate enough to have worked for a while for a fellow in Annapolis, and he introduced me to Cantler's, right on the bay. A real no frills crab shack, where they bring the fresh caught crabs right off the boat and into the restaurant.
Terrific crab cakes, great shrimp salad, cold beer (served in cans!), brown kraft paper on the tables, family style seating, and just a good old fun time at decent prices!

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Crimsicle)

Wed, 01 Jun 2005 10:32:36 GMT

I live in Maryland and don't bother making crabcakes at home. I just dash over to Linthicum (near Baltimore airport) to G&M, which I see a couple of people have already recommended. They are to die for. But, get there early! The first time I went, I didn't know and showed up at dinnertime. Waited for over two hours!!!! If you do a late lunch, you should get in with no problem.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (wheregreggeats.com)

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:36:59 GMT

Trader Joe's has a tremendous canned crabmeat in their refrigerated section for about $7.00 ... If you are make crab-anything, this product is worth trying.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (sugarlander)

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:36:54 GMT

I just might try them again this weekend! Central Market now is the only place to get good fresh crab, unless I go to Bolivar, near Galveston. At $20 for a pound of lump, it's a bit pricey, but it was good.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (ocdreamr)

Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:23:32 GMT

I usually make mine a bit smaller, so I get 6 to a pound. When, by some stroke of good fortune, I get more than a pound of crab meat to work with, I have frozen them. I always freeze after cooking them. I wrap them 2 to a pkg & put in a larger bag to freeze. Just pop them in the micro to defrost & warm. Being a true "Baltimoreon" I know the joys of eating crab cakes cold as well as hot, either way is just fine with me. Leftover cakes seldom see the light of the next day!!

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (sugarlander)

Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:24:05 GMT

I made 4 to a pound, and 2 of us shared them. How many do you usually get from one recipe? Have you tried to freeze them either before or after you fry them?
Thanks.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (ocdreamr)

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 17:30:37 GMT

Thanks, Sugarlander, I feel it's a no fail recipe.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (sugarlander)

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:21:56 GMT

oc dreamer,

I made your crabcakes Saturday and they were wonderful. I made a couple of small substitutions, no dry mustard so used yellow wet, no saltines so used 12 Waverly wafers. No time to wait, so chilled them only 1/2 hour.
Best crabcakes ever! Thanks.

Sugarlander

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Stonewall)

Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:50:34 GMT

Who's got the best crabcakes on Maryland's Eastern Shore. My wife and I love crab--especailly Maryland Crabcakes...I would like to take her on a trip to the Eastern Shore and enjoy some of Maryland's finest seafood. Also, could you recommend a Restaurant that serves fresh CATCH of The Day---Flounder is my favorite....

Thanks

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (signman)

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 23:52:31 GMT

Sounds like I need to plan few roadtrips to Stoney's and the Narrows. In the meantime I just received the August 2004 "Best of Baltimore" issue of Baltimore Magazine and they issue their proclamation to G & M.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (BT)

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:06:16 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by seafarer john

I've never had a great crabcake except along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay - the rest of the nation should be prohibited from producing their poor imitations of the real thing.

Amen, whenever I hear of one of these up & coming new chefs trying to improve on the crabcake I want to take away their toque. They are always putting strange things in the cakes. With crab, the number one rule is the simpler the better, let the crab shine. Here in Maryland everybody has their special cake recipe but truth be told they are all just variations on the same basic things - egg,mayo,mustard,filler(crackers or bread), seasonings and most import quality meat.

Amen back atcha! My dad made them of backfin crab meat, moistened mashed saltines (had to be saltines), a little mustard and that's about it--I don't think he even put in any egg though I'm not sure about the mayo. And he fried 'em in butter. Dad grew up in DC, but he learned to make crabcakes in Deal, MD where his family had a summer cottage.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (seafarer john)

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:37:34 GMT

Joe 2 : The Narrows is an excellent restaurant where we have enjoyed wonderful meals, but we always thought it a bit pricey. Right across the street is The Angler where we have had what we think is one of the World's best crab cakes - an entirely different style from G&M which also has a great crabcake.

Cheers, John

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (rbpalmer)

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 14:09:54 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Joe_2

I would also nominate Stoney's in Broome Island as Maryland's best overall seafood restaurant/crab house which is a rare combination. Exemplery hard shell crabs (usually jumbos), excellent cream of crab soup, cole slaw, cream pie and superb lump crab cakes.

Every summer, my wife and I take a weekday off and make the trip from Washington, DC to Stoney's in Broomes Island, MD for lunch. We sit outside by the water and have their excellent crab cakes, jumbo hard shell crabs, mushrooms stuffed with crab meat, a couple of brews, and the very good key lime pie for dessert. We then drive about 15 miles north to Breezy Point State Park, a beach situated on the Chesapeake Bay, to lie about for the rest of the afternoon, reading, listening to music and looking out over the water. Then, on the way back to DC, we'll usually stop at a roadside produce stand and buy some locally grown corn and tomatoes to take home. If there's a better way to spend a summer day, I haven't found it yet!

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Joe_2)

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:38:32 GMT

The Narrows on Route 50 in Kent Narrows is superior to Angelina's, Faidley's, G and M, Captain's Galley (Crisfield location only-not O. C.), Jerry's Seafood in Lanham and Stoney's in Broome Island (not Lexington Park or Solomons-only this location is outstanding) for their lump crab cakes. Generally, I agree with not finding a decent crab cake outside of the Mid Atlantic but Jimmy Sneed had a great lump crab cake at the Frog and Redneck in Richmond when it was open. The Prime Rib on K Street and in Baltimore have excellent crab cakes. Still, the best I've ever had is at the Narrows. I would also nominate Stoney's in Broome Island as Maryland's best overall seafood restaurant/crab house which is a rare combination. Exemplery hard shell crabs (usually jumbos), excellent cream of crab soup, cole slaw, cream pie and superb lump crab cakes. Cantler's is great for hard shell crabs but the sides are very weak.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (joanie41)

Tue, 15 Jun 2004 13:09:21 GMT

I recently got to have both a Faidley's lump crabcake, and G&M crabcakes. Both are huge, and wonderful, AND reasonably priced. The down side of Faidley's is that you will probably end up eating it in Lex Market. And that means you'll have "market smell" all day long. It's amazing how pervasive that smell is --- my clothes smelled like a vat of grease after spending a half hour in the market.

G&M is great as well, and has very good prices. They have a carry-out. I just get the lump crabcakes...don't care about bread or anything else.

I think of the two, I'd put Faidley's just ahead of G&M, but the latter is a more comfortable place to eat.

On an off-topic side note, I had the best turkey sandwich of my life in Lexington Market. There's a booth there where you get a huge "day-after-Thanksgiving" type of sandwich. Can't remember the name of it, but they have the turkeys right there, and will slice to order. I had the most tender dark meat sandwich...my mouth waters to think about it.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (signman)

Wed, 26 Nov 2003 23:24:51 GMT

After living in Baltimore for 50+ years, I just had my first FAidley's all lump crabcake today. While I'm not ready to proclaim it the "best", it WAS pretty darn good. I will nominate the cocktail sauce as just about the best I've had, St.Elmos's included.

Next up - G & M.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Texicana)

Thu, 20 Nov 2003 12:38:21 GMT

Growing up right next to the Gulf, I love a good blue crab dearly. I won't proclaim to be an expert, but I had some pretty good crab cakes at a chop house in Richmond Va. a few days ago.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (rbpalmer)

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:21:06 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Jennie

You know what restaurant has disappointed my hubby and I the last couple times we've been? Phillips of Harborplace. Everything we had was nasty and greasy. Mind you, we didn't have the crab cakes. If we'd had them, and specified broiled (which I always try to do), they'd have likley been fine. But the things we did have were just nasty seeming.

I agree with you about Phillips. There is one in Washington DC on the S.W. Waterfront near where I work, and the food there is decidedly ordinary and overpriced. I think that it's patronized mostly by tourists who are taken in by the location and appearance of the restaurant and by the (in my opinion) largely undeserved reputation of the Phillips chain for good seafood. The locals who are in the know patronize places like Jerry's Seafood Restaurant in Seabrook, MD, Crisfield (for certain items) in Silver Spring, MD and Cameron's Seafood Market.

RE: Baltimore Crab Cakes (Jennie)

Sun, 09 Nov 2003 23:35:13 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by rbpalmer

I've never been to Faidley's, either, but if any of you are ever in Calvert County (in southern Maryland), you've got to try Stoney's Seafood Restaurant. There are two of them (in Broomes Island and Solomons Island), and their crabcakes are as good as I have had anywhere.

My office (all archaeologists and architectural historians with the State) had a meeting at Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum (http://www.jefpat.org/) and we went to Stoney's for lunch on Broome's Island. (http://www.co.cal.md.us/cced/guide/Broomesisland.htm) You're right, they were indeed great.

I remember about, oh, a dozen years ago, I used to get a great crab cake sandwich for five bucks on North Charles Street at Tony's. They were huuuge, and had little cartilidge. I was always impressed. Don't know if the place is even there anymore, though. It was a long time ago.

You know what restaurant has disappointed my hubby and I the last couple times we've been? Phillips of Harborplace. Everything we had was nasty and greasy. Mind you, we didn't have the crab cakes. If we'd had them, and specified broiled (which I always try to do), they'd have likley been fine. But the things we did have were just nasty seeming.

However, I went there about a year and a half ago with some friends. An internet friend was visiting from Norway, and we wanted to give her the Baltimore experience, so we toured the Constellation (http://www.constellation.org), showed her the Top of the World (http://www.baltimore.to/TopOfWorld/), and took her to Phillips for crab cakes. She loved them. They're not cheap, though. This is from their menu:

Phillips Premium Crab Cakes $24.99
all-lump crab cakes with a rich and creamy flavor

Phillips Traditional Crab Cakes $17.99
Shirley Phillips' famous Maryland-style recipe

But when another friend, this one from Australia, came to town, we took her to the Crack Pot in Parkville. Also pricey, but we had steamed crabs. Gotta do the paper and mallets thing. lol