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"Dee Dee" > wrote:

> "douglas7773" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello all :
> >
> > I looked at the crab cake recipe on Mikulski's page and can only ask :
> > what are Old Bay, Wye River, and/or Chesapeake seasonings ? What can I
> > substitute from the garden or the spice cupboard ? Didn't want to ask a
> > senator in case of really urgent business at hand...
> >
> > DMM
> >
> >> http://mikulski.senate.gov/crabcake.html
>
>
> I'd say the majority of the people love Old Bay in the Chesapeake Bay,
> U.S.A.
> I've been to crab houses where they serve you crab priced by the dozen; when
> it comes on some sort of baking pan, a little hyperbole: it is covered with
> red Old Bay seasoning sprinkled over the top. Loads of it!
> http://tinyurl.com/2alpyb
>
> Old Bay is called for in many recipes. Frankly, I think it is overrated;
> everything always tastes like just that, Old Bay. DH and I disagree; he
> would have it in most dishes; I, in not many.
>
> In a restaurant in Baltimore - Kali's Court - I had the best crab cake ever.
> They were the size of a macaroon; I know they must have been broiled, but
> there was no browning. The seasoning as best I recall was not much more than
> a red bell pepper and a few fresh spices. So delicate. Not the
> heavy-handed Old Bay seasonedcrabs. But people love it!
> Dee Dee

Since I live on the Chesapeake you are, by law, not allowed to eat blue
crabs without Old Bay in Tidewater Virginia.