Tag Archives: maryland

{post “soup-or-bowl” post}

3 Feb

soooo – the broncos lost the superbowl.  yeah, in like a MAJOR WAY!  *sigh*

i’ll leave the rants for the professionals – all i’m going to say is it’s a good thing i was surrounded with fun people and lots of delicious food.

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it was a “soup-or-bowl” party – bring a soup or a bowl of salad. i brought maryland crab soup.  so i thought i’d share the recipe 🙂

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i had never made this before – though i remember eating it almost every day for lunch when i was living in aberdeen, maryland many years ago.  my favourite little cafe on the side of the highway always had the biggest vat of it simmering all day and it smelled so amazing!

i just made it based on what i remembered and “winged” the rest… Continue reading →

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{thirsty thursday} — blue crab, old bay, and fat tire.

6 Sep

here’s my “true fat tire story” —

so… by now you probably all know that i got promoted at work – and if you didn’t, now you do 🙂

it’s a good thing. added stress is always annoying, and with management usually comes more stress… but i decided that on my shifts, there will be none of that, no drama, no “issues,” no stress.  that’s just how i roll.

i digress.

so, after my promotion, i was all like “i want to buy myself a congratulatory meal!”  and so, the first thing i always go to when i want to treat myself with food – is seafood.  i love love love me some seafood. anything that’s been in the ocean, really.  but my favourite go-tos are shrimp, crab, scallops, or salmon. mostly shellfish, mostly delicious maryland blue crab meat. i have been craving them ever since i made my homemade potato chips… when i visit NYC in october, i’m actually considering making a day trip back to the bay, to mow down on some chesapeake catches! Continue reading →

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