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The Delaware Wave recently proclaimed that Jerry's Seafood -- modeled after a 25-year old "Eastern Shore-style seafood" joint in Lanham, Md. -- is "finding its niche after five years in the community" of Lewes, a beach resort town of 3500 along the northern edge of the Chesapeake.
It's not uncommon for successful restaurants to open outlets far from the big cities where they're first built. What's more unusual is when a chain moves into the very region it's designed to celebrate: Imagine the Rainforest Café in Brazil, or Don Pablo's in Mexico.
Fortunately for Chris Becker, a part-owner of the original Jerry's who decided to open a location in the town where she summered, Lewes didn't have any restaurants focusing exclusively on seafood when she went into business. Manager David McCarty attributes Jerry's small-town success partly to lack of competition – and primarily to its signature entrée, the Crab Bomb.
The bomb, a trademarked 10-ounce mound of crab, mayonnaise and Old Bay, sells for $34.
"There's no breading in our bombs," McCarty pledges.
McCarty describes the bomb as "about the size of a softball," and says nobody finishes it.
"Some people split it," he offers.
The bomb's been a hit with Delaware's discerning seafood eaters, but Becker told the Wave that the appeal isn't regional; "We ship them in insulated boxes with gel packs to Arizona, Texas, Florida."
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5-05-2010 @3:36PM Jake said... Ten ounces? There is a place called Reel Fresh Seafood Market and Crab House who serves their airforce-inspired C-5 crab cake. It is three-quarters pound (12 oz.) of maryland crab meat. Last time I checked it was about $33. They are also located in Delaware and are locally owned and operated. Deffinately worth checking out if you are ever in Dover!
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5-06-2010 @5:37PM sallie said... Does Reel Fresh ship? Does it have a website?
Thanks,
Sallie
5-06-2010 @11:46AM Jesse said... correction...Lewes, DE is on the southern tip of the Delaware Bay.
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5-06-2010 @2:27PM KC said... I'm allergic to mayonaisse -- is there something else that could substitute? Thx.
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5-06-2010 @3:14PM 007 said... Sweet cream? Sour cream maybe?
5-06-2010 @3:45PM xanzmom said... If you're allergic to mayo, there is an excellent faux mayo product called Vegenaise that is both egg-free and dairy-free. It comes in a couple of different varieties, but I've found that the original Vegenaise is best for cooking. You can find it at Whole Foods. Enjoy!
5-06-2010 @4:43PM Al Schrader said... How about shredded lobster instead of mayo ? For $34.00 it should include a small Asian fellow to fry it up right at your table plus a cup of tarter sauce made with Madera wine & lumpfish caviar....Alfred-
5-06-2010 @7:33PM brianna said... Mayo is mostly egg and oil. You just need to stick it together. Are you allergic to plain whipped egg? That is what sticks most stuff together.
5-06-2010 @7:17PM gs said... cheese and seafod - do you have any taste buds?
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5-06-2010 @7:29PM Angiebaby said... Perhaps you could split it with a loved one on a date. Half of this plus a couple of light, fresh salads and some wine would be quite romantic. But since that doesn't apply to me, I might not could finish it, but man, I'd die trying!
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5-06-2010 @10:06PM Bren said... It took years befor we started seeing Old Bay Season on our store shelves,but now that we can buy it at any local store,I use it in all my crab recipes,I've even make crab cakes with mayo,and the season,but I pan fried them like pattys very yummy,We're in a small seafood town,crab shops all around us but we get the blue crabs here.
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