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Maryland Crab Cake

I love crab cake, but I gotta have it freshly made. I would be hesitant to order any seafood by mail.
 
umm would not recommend online crab cakes.

Go to food network or travel channel websites and search for maryland or the general area.
 
Baked said:
I love crab cake, but I gotta have it freshly made. I would be hesitant to order any seafood by mail.
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You can actually order 'fresh' or frozen seafood by mail pretty easily. Many companies will ship live lobsters or clams/oysters same day or overnight... It's easier for those kinds of fish to tell if they're still alive when you get them....

The frozen stuff is easy to tell if it's still frozen (shipped in a cryopak). Just inspect it before you throw it in your own freezer or cook it. I'd still be hesitant for the obvious reasons. I have ordered live lobsters and clams before from Maine with success. (I'm in TN)
 
I would order them if I wanted crab cakes that badly. My mom orders food from the TV shopping places and Omaha steaks. They come packed in dry ice in a foam cooler. Just be sure to not leave them sitting around.
 
dude, no. only get them freshly made. either make them yourself or come to maryland and buy them.
 
eits said:
dude, no. only get them freshly made. either make them yourself or come to maryland and buy them.
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Even a bad crabcake is better than no crabcake, and that includes the McDonalds treat that comes out every so often.
 
I'm going to maryland in may - start of peak crab season but i just can't wait ! i want now now now

i made some myself but blue crab, imo, taste a bit better...
 
g and m has some great crab cakes, i believe they ship them with some dry ice packs or something to keep them cold.
 
Mixolydian said:
Mail-order seafood? I would be EXTREMELY cautious of that...
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It's all frozen unless you live on the coast. Nothing wrong with it. Same stuff your fine restaurants use.

I LOVE me some lump crab meat. The stuff in the can is very tasty, expensive though. We get the big can from Costco and eat uncooked with lemon ailoe or make crab cakes.
 
I have had G & M crabcakes fresh and they are pretty good, but I don't know how the shipped ones fare.

I have had take-out crabcakes from Woody's that were pretty close to having them in the restaurant. It is also a place that is worth stopping in there when you are down in MD. They are well known in the general area as one of the better seafood restaurants.
 
Good crab cakes are really hard to find, probably impossible to find online. You'll get a lot more bread crumbs and other filler than you will crab meat.
 
GagHalfrunt said:
Good crab cakes are really hard to find, probably impossible to find online. You'll get a lot more bread crumbs and other filler than you will crab meat.
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Not from either of the places I listed above. They have just enough additives to keep it together.

I have had more crab cakes than I could possibly count, and as with anything else you get what you pay for. If you are willing to buy from a real seafood restaurant and pay for it, you will get almost all meat.

If you go to a chain restaurant, or grocery store frozen display case, yes it's mostly filler. And even then it's likely not even blue crab that you are eating.
 
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