Thinking forward to the next few months, I think I’d love a great snowball this summer. Yet, I doubt that’s going to happen. I’m not sure, no matter how good they are, that snowball stands will be allowed to be categorized as essential. Yes, they serve a food item, one pretty well beloved in Baltimore, but I don’t think they case can, or will, be made.
Snowballs are just one of my picks in one of the latest Twitter quarantine games: Baltimore and Maryland food polls. In this one, you had to pick just three to keep.
1, 4, 9#Baltimore #Maryland pic.twitter.com/UmXvzrxPlg
— Christopher A. Kess (@kesschristopher) April 14, 2020
As you can see, I chose 1, 4, and 9 — crabs, snowballs, and scrapple.
Yes, of course, I chose crabs. I would ask what Marylander wouldn’t choose crabs, but my younger sister might do so for the sake of being contrary. Who knows? Maybe a transplant might, but I don’t always count them. Unfortunately, I’m also having doubts as to whether crabs or crab cakes will realistically be on the menu this summer, as well.
Some will point out that scrapple might be more of a Pennsylvania thing, even more of a Delaware thing. That’s cool. New York and New Jersey both claim best pizza and recently, bagels. I’m willing to share scrapple. I’ve even heard that you can go to some places along the Chesapeake in Virginia and get some decent-to-good crab cakes. Now, again, this is a thing that I heard and can not verify personally.
Supposed to only take 3, but I’m taking 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 9. pic.twitter.com/R8lUSyx7UX
— Christopher A. Kess (@kesschristopher) April 14, 2020
Crab soup, #8, can be really good, but cream of crab is so much better. Imagine that fishy, pungent, spicy taste of crab with Old Bay, not within a thin broth, but a silky, creamy one. A soup understated as it first hits the tongue, but gives you all of its crabby goodness on the back end as it goes down. That’s cream of crab. First time I ever had it was in a small deli in Annapolis. I fell totally in love. The next time I had it, I ordered a bowl and ended up dipping a couple of chicken fingers in it. I’m pretty sure few others will find cream of crab to be so versatile, but those chicken fingers were so good. I should have reviewed that meal.