Maryland Crab Soup

This week I decided to really take a leap, throw in some hometown spirit and make a traditional Maryland Crab Soup. I grew up eating the tomato based counterpart of the more common cream of crab soup. Grandma's Maryland Country Club had the most memorable crab soup of my childhood. Not having access to their recipe, I searched the world wide web and turned up a decent Baltimore recipe which I modified slightly.

The biggest struggle was deciding where and which crab meat would be appropriate. After more talk then necessary I headed to my local Safeway and grabbed 2 80z cans of Phillip's claw meat at about 7 bucks each. I decided to go brand name because crab just seems worth it but I did hold back on the $12/can backfin. I'll splurge once I have a special occasion and have perfected the recipe! Picking through the smelly gooey crab meat I found myself fondly remembering folding tables covered with crab carcases and old bay covered beer cans.