Operation Crab Cake: Day 1 (The Land of Pleasant Living)

Day one has come and gone. And still our search for crab cakes is fruitless and in vain. Nonetheless, we shall bring you up to speed. Yesterday morning at about 11:27, after stopping at that dandy "Pelligrino's Submarine Sandwich Establishment" on "Mt. Hope Avenue", Zacharias and I finally got on the road and started to head down towards the Land of Pleasant Living, or Maryland if you're new. Now this ride consisted of a live performance of a chapter of Anthony Bourdain's book Kitchen Confidential, rockin' out to "Wagon Wheel" at least three times, and a constant battle of who could get their hand closer to the front of the car when entering a new state to lay claim to being first in the state. After about five hours and twenty minutes of driving (and becoming semi-lost in the lovely town of Harrisburg, PA), we came across a small country store right outside of Ashton, Maryland called Borman's Market. We needed to pick up some drank while watching the Cap's game, so Zach goes on to ask me if there was any Maryland beer that was worth trying. My initial thought was, "Is there any Maryland beer worth trying???? This guy must be new." But, being the great friend that I am, I responded with, "Get National Bohemian (or Natty Boh for you n00bs). And he did!

We arrived at my humble abode in Olney at about 5:30. My mom starts making dinner; Cioppino: The San Francisco Treat. Throw in some salad and some toasted bread with anchovie-butter and you've practically got sex on a plate. Yahmo go ahead and borrow an excerpt from our sister-blog hungrysam.blogspot.com to describe how this dinner was

"The first bite, every time, makes me chew slowly and gently, just enough to keep getting all the flavor. I think my eyes close a little. It's just that delicious, so savory that my primitive cortices stage a coup and higher function is temporarily non-existant. Finally, there's some sadness at the inevitably clean plate but it's overtaken and overwhelmed by satisfaction."

What a ridiculous paragraph.

Who knows what today will bring. We're going to get some Vietnamese food. Then getting some wop food (I'm 1/16 Italian, so it's okay to make those jokes) tonight. And then probably crushing 800 Natty Boh's. Classic Maryland.

Love,
Zach and Mikey (.blogspot(.com))