How to Eat Crab – Maryland Style!
Tropical Storm Andrea drenched the area with a steady rain for a day and a half, but the sun was out by noon to save the day for St. Mary’s Country Annual Crab Festival (not to be confused with the world famous Oyster Festival which occurs in early autumn).
Two good old boys keeping on eye on two crab steamers.
Now this is where the local folk come out, not those tens of thousands of Yankees that invaded the county over the decades to work at the Naval Air Systems Command. Yup, this part of Maryland is basically Confederate – friendly folks none-the-less.
There was an impressive display of John Deere Toys dating back more than a half of century.
I had let the food supply dwindle a bit as I planned to meet a client on Monday which required about a five hour drive on Sunday. But he delayed our meeting by a few days, so rather than thaw something out of the freezer, I spent a few hours at the festival.
Even in the digital age toy trains still mesmerize kids – there where four trains here counter rotating on four tracks!
Aside from Maryland Vegetable Crab Soup, there’s little healthy eating in the Mid-Atlantic Seafood Cuisine, as most everything is deep fried. I passed on the steamed crab (too darn messy) and simply had a large bowl of soup and a flakey crab cake – all just perfect with a cold beer!
This momma steer did not like the flash on my camera and would have gouged me with those impressive horns if able, but her calf was oblivious to me and my camera!
This is both waterman and farm country here and what makes it livable for me is the water. It is hard to imagine that the center of Naval Aviation is a few miles away and the center of world power (for a time anyway) is an hour away by car!
In spite of the summer humidity, I was so looking forward to the rest of the year at home – but already forces are pulling me away. More as it develops.
