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Crab pickin’s sure are a mess

Crab pickin’s sure are a mess

There are few things more traditional along the shorelines of the Chesapeake Bay than a good, old-fashioned crab pickin’. A bunch of steamed crabs – orangish-red, covered in Old Bay seasoning, steaming hot on a picnic table covered with old newspaper. Bowls of melted butter and cocktail sauce. Hammers and plyers and pickers at the waiting. Pitchers of ice cold…

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