Baltimore classics

All baltimore classics

Dish

The dish Baltimore is judged by: sweet blue crab, held together with as little as possible.

Dish

Hot crabs coated in spice, a mallet, a knife and a table covered in paper.

Sandwich

Charcoal-grilled beef, sliced thin, with raw onion and horseradish sauce.

Seasoning

The red-and-yellow tin that goes on everything from crabs to fries.

Sweet

A soft cake-like cookie under a thick layer of fudge-style chocolate.

Snack

Salt cod and potato cakes served between two saltines with mustard.

Sandwich

Not trout and not from a lake: fried whiting on white bread.

Meal

Fried wings, fries and a roll in one box, with a half-and-half to drink.

Sweet

Finely shaved ice with syrup, and egg custard is the flavor to try.

Soup

Two very different soups: one tomato and vegetable, one rich and creamy.

Seafood

Raw, roasted or fried, from Maryland and Virginia waters.

Sweet

Maryland’s state dessert: many thin layers of yellow cake and chocolate fudge icing.

Drink

National Bohemian, the cheap local lager with a one-eyed mascot.

Sweet

A lemon with a hollow peppermint stick pushed in, sipped like a straw.

Dish

A German-Baltimore comfort dish served at autumn church dinners.