There is a great scene in the movie Wedding Crashers where one of the characters screams "crabcakes and football, that's what Maryland does!!!" My friends and I often jokingly say that when we refer to anything with crabs - because by the end of a Maryland summer that's what you've been doing the whole time. I want to modify that movie line to say "crab and corn, that's what Maryland does!" Any form of crab and any form of sweet Eastern shore Silver Queen corn makes the basis for any perfect Maryland summer meal. A few years back I had a dish at a restaurant in Baltimore, Woodberry Kitchen. I didn't write it down but I did take a picture of the dish. For my version I grilled the corn and veggies for the salad and added bacon (which of course makes everything better). My version is definitely different than Woodberry's but I think just as delicious. If you live in an area where you can't get soft shelled crabs, I think this would be great with grilled lobster, seared scallops, or even grilled shrimp.

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