A fellow doc student from the Baltimore area hears we are going to Camden Yard for a game and his eyes light up! Almost incoherently, he begins to chant Pit Beef and Crab Pretzel. Once his blood pressure returned to normal he made two recommendations for which I am still thankful. Thanks Adam. At the park, he said walk around the back and find the Pit Beef, which is a Baltimore creation apparently. Peppery and dripping with juicy beefiness he was certainly right about the first so we decided a trip a little out of the way to take his second and more bizarre suggestion was in order.

The Silver Springs Mining Company serves a Crab Pretzel. If you haven’t had one you are likely thinking the same thing I was at that point, but off we went. Having read the description in the menu I was reasonably sure this was going to be a pretzel (Yummy, but no big whoop) maybe dusted with some hint of crabby dust. Here is what came to the table…a plate sized, unsalted, soft pretzel, you could tell it was a pretzel by the shape. Then everything goes sideways.