A garnished crabcake

Crab cakes (or crabcakes) are patties made of crab meat. They vary in size, from no bigger than a small cookie to a large hamburger. They are usually served with some sort of sauce, usually being a remoulade or tartar sauce or sometimes ketchup. They are especially popular in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, due to the proximity of the ocean and crabbing industry. Any kind of crab meat can be used, although Blue Crab is traditional in the Delmarva region of the United States, and is purported to have a flavor that stands up to the other ingredients better than other varieties such as Dungeness crab. Today, the majority of crabmeat used in crab cakes comes from imported crabmeat from Southeast Asia, Latin America, and Mexico. Crab cakes are served in a variety of restauraunts, from seafood buffets to high-class sitdown restaurants. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1332x1344, 245 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Crab cake Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1332x1344, 245 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Crab cake Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to... A garnish is a substance used primarily as an embellishment or decoration to a prepared food or drink item. ... Superfamilies Dromiacea Homolodromioidea Dromioidea Homoloidea Eubrachyura Raninoidea Cyclodorippoidea Dorippoidea Calappoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Hymenosomatoidea Parthenopoidea Retroplumoidea Cancroidea Portunoidea Bythograeoidea Xanthoidea Bellioidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Gecarcinucoidea Cryptochiroidea Pinnotheroidea * Ocypodoidea * Grapsoidea * An asterisk (*) marks the crabs included in the clade Thoracotremata. ... Remoulade is a popular condiment in many countries, and was invented in France. ... Chicken with tartar sauce Tartare sauce or tartar sauce is a thick white sauce made from mayonnaise and finely chopped pickled cucumber, capers, onions (or chives), and fresh parsley. ... A bottle of Heinz Organic Ketchup Ketchup (or less commonly catsup) is a popular condiment, usually made with ripened tomatoes. ... Binomial name Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 The blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) is a crustacean found in the waters off the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. ... Categories: US geography stubs | Peninsulas | Portmanteaus ... Binomial name Cancer magister Dana, 1852 The Dungeness crab is a type of crab that inhabits eel-grass beds and water bottoms from the Aleutian Islands in Alaska to Santa Cruz, California. ...