Crab Cakes
Crab crakes can be served sautéed, baked, grilled, or deep fried, depending on the restaurant. They are traditionally associated with the Chesapeake Bay region. Maryland in particular is famous for its crab cakes.
In Maryland, there are two broad types of crab cakes; Boardwalk and Restaurant. Boardwalk style cakes are generally served to customers on a hamburger bun. Restaurant style cakes, also known as gourmet crab cakes, are, if they are authentic, never served with any sort of filler. They are 100% lump crab meat. Many restaurants serving crab-cakes will make the offer either to fry the cake or to broil them.
While the crab meat for a crab cake can be taken from any species of crab, the meat of the blue crab is traditionally used. The blue crab is native to the western Atlantic Ocean as well as the Gulf of Mexico. Along the west coast of the United States, crab cakes are typically made with Dungeness Crab as it is native to the region. Dungeness crab flesh has a more delicate flavor which is considered sweeter than the flesh of other crabs.
Crab cakes come in a variety of sizes. Crab cakes are a popular food all along the coast of the Mid-Atlantic states.
