Maryland Pavilion Crab Cakes

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  lb  crabmeat
• 2  eggs
• 2  tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1  tablespoon  horseradish mustard
• 1  tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
• 1  dash  liquid hot pepper sauce
•  crackers or   cracker crumb
•  oil (for frying)

Directions

1. In a bowl, combine crab meat, eggs, mayonnaise, horseradish mustard, chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and hot-pepper sauce. Mix lightly.
2. Separate and form into 12 to 16 small cakes; do not pack firmly.
3. Roll crackers into fine crumbs.
4. Pat the cracker crumbs lightly onto the crab cakes.
5. Heat oil to a depth of about 1/4 inch in a large skillet, or heat the oil in a deep fryer.
6. Fry crab cakes until golden brown, turning once. Drain on paper toweling.
7. Serves 6.
8. "This recipe came from the Maryland Pavilion at the 1964-65 New York World's Fair."