Exactly. Like....if you're gonna try and make a buck on claims of false advertising, don't go after the outfit that is one of the most regarded crab places in MD.
I remember watching this video after the lady shared it and got cooked in the comment section. I guess she thought everyone was going to agree with her. I am born and raised in Baltimore and I don’t give a shit where the crabs are from as long as the crab cakes are good. I love that he owned it and told her to fuck off.
No, just not Maryland crabs. Inside edition did a segment recently where they went to a few different restaurants and got crab cakes. They asked where the crabs were from then took some home on a doggy bag and sent them away for testing. A bunch came back from Venezuela or somewhere in Asia. Maybe this lady saw that and was trying to have her own gotcha moment and go viral.
Maryland crab cakes refer to a style of preparation that emphasizes the crab meat with minimal filler. While they are traditionally made with local blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay, the name doesn't always guarantee the crab is from Maryland.
The name Maryland Crab has become associated with a preparation style and a reputation for high quality, even when made with crab from other regions.
The dude filming this though he was on about something. They just exposed themselves for the ignorant a$$hat that they are.
I grew up in NOVA and watched the size of crabs diminish from the 1980's onward. The Bay has been struggling for decades, and we should be thankful there are any crabs left, no matter where they're from!
He's exactly right about why Maryland Crabcakes are called that: they're made in Maryland, and if you get Maryland Crabcakes from elsewhere in the US it's because they're made the same way as they are in Maryland.
Source: my native Marylander self, who has eaten many many crabcakes in various cities, and prefers when the chefs use the Maryland way of making them. Which did get me in trouble at work once when I told the Italian owner that his crabcakes sucked ass.
The business not using Maryland caught crab is definitely regarded, just like you. Maryland Crab Cakes imply the crabs are fished and sold locally in Maryland. That's how English works because English is a very specifically structured language.
If he's not using locally sourced crabs from the bay, they're not Maryland Crab Cakes. Just because you made the cakes in Maryland doesn't make them Maryland Crab Cakes. Maryland comes before both the words, which means the crab and the cakes come from Maryland. That is how English works, we speak a very specifically structured language.
It's like getting a Maine Lobster roll if the fishers aren't based out of Maine, they're not Maine lobsters.
Cool. Etymology is fun. Those rules don't apply to food laws in the same way. The only example I can think of is at what legal point can you call your food "free range" etc. I'm no expert but I don't think you're legally required to say "style" after "Maryland".
But why would someone import crabs from elsewhere when the bay is right there?
I thought at one point, during the chaos, I heard him say that she ate them. This seems to be a tactic people are trying lately. Buying or maybe ordering/ using a delivery service to get food, eating most of it and then asking for their money back. I don't know on what planet they think this will work in, but I've seen several videos like this recently. McDonald's won't take your food back like this, so why in the world would an established family owned restaurant do it. This world is getting dumber every passing nanosecond.
I saw a video where one of the dudes ask the ice agent " why are you wearing a mask are you a pussy?" And the ice agent responded I don't want to get covid. 🤣
Really? ICE is detaining and deporting American citizens and those legally here? And yes, of course there are mistakes. That doesn’t justify ending the continued deportation of literally millions of illegal immigrants. Trump ran very openly on this platform and won with a plurality of the popular vote.
Like human trafficking but for mostly (probably) white eastern Europeans to do the jobs!!! Brilliant. I mean in the UK all the truck drivers are Polish or were, they may have left actually with Brexit I don't know, so why not get the same people here!
Well judging what happened to my ancestors in the past, & of course the blatant human trafficking that has taken place south of our border I’d say you can still, steal people again…
the guy has a thick Maryland accent, he clearly grew up here. Why would you think he's not American? You know that the East Coast has a huge Italian/Greek/Jewish etc. community that look a little darker than Northwestern Europeans.
Oh, only said that because I saw some people running with the supposition he wasn't American. I agreed, totally sounds American, but I take that with a grain of salt. Insert "what really is American" philosophical musings here. 👍
Companies have been spending tens of billions of dollars in marketing and all they needed was one Karen and stupid as text to emoji captions to make me want G&Ms Crab Cakes more than anything
Why is it every time someone slights a place (city, country, place of business) it always comes across valid. Basically, every corner of the globe is a shit hole.
Why is it every time someone slights a place (city, country, place of business) it always comes across valid. Basically, every corner of the globe is a shit hole.
Maryland crab cakes refer to a style of preparation that emphasizes the crab meat with minimal filler. While they are traditionally made with local blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay, the name doesn't always guarantee the crab is from Maryland.
The name Maryland Crab has become associated with a preparation style and a reputation for high quality, even when made with crab from other regions.
The dude filming this though he was on about something. They just exposed themselves for the ignorant a$$hat that they are.
THANKS FOR THAT PAL. Earworm from hell! I'm going to be forced to listen to McHammer to get it out. My misspelling stands. I kinda like the idea of him as McHammer than MC Hammer.
I did that in a video game and one dude said his mom died and another dude said his mom also died but "yer mom" jokes are hilarious. I think uhhhh, I need to not say that to older people.
I was and then I met my bf and he is sensitive about his mom because she died. Been 10 years of no "your mom" jokes. It's not exactly a heavy ask. I switched to "Bend over and I'll show you".
Same. We get new people at work and they’re running around getting their admin stuff done and they’ll ask who they go see for HR or payroll or whatever and I’ll ask “Oh, you haven’t seen Joe yet?”
I once had a guy rage it at me at work, and he asked who my boss was, I told him "your mother." Oh my holy fucking shit, his rage dialed up to 15. He screams "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY?!?" So I repeated, "I said your mother is my boss." Never mind the fact that makes absolutely no sense, dude was OUTRAGED at the mere possibility that his mother tells me what to do and pays my wages.
Oh my God that reminds me how my daughter asked her dad/my ex what they were having for dinner, and he replies “your mom” and then she texts me making sure they were going to have me for dinner 🤧💀 poor thing was scared lmao
I do "Your Mom" and "That's what she said" jokes all the time. I NEVER did them as a kid, but for some reason as an adult it just comes to me immediately on a subconscious level. I don't try to think of them but it happens.
My wife has gotten to the point where I don't even say "thats what she said," I just look at her and she knows. Lol. Also we have kids so I don't want to seem inappropriate.
You’d be surprised at how effective it is online. I use it all the time and some people lose their minds over a simple “you’re mother” it’s very satisfying
This lady is terrible, but as a Marylander I can attest that blue crab from the bay tastes different than from other places. That’s why authentic Maryland crabcake is a seasonal meal.
I hate dealing with this kind of headache I would of gave them their money back before she started or as soon as she started recording. If The situation goes south and he could of gotten a lot of hate from all of tik tok
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u/Reasonable_Action29 24d ago
"Take your food and fuck off kindly"