Maryland Crab Cakes

We had these for dinner last night finally! My plan was to have them during the game on Saturday but we lost power in our neighborhood for 6 hours and had to go to a sports bar for the game. Anyway on Monday we enjoyed a fabulous dinner of maryland crab cakes and fries with gravy (I've been told that's a weird Maryland thing). If I do say so myself, my crab cakes rival the very best in the state, no kidding. Here's the recipe, such as it is, sometimes you have to use a little instinct:

1 lb. Jumbo Lump Crabmeat

2/3 slices white bread

2/3 T. mayonnaise

2 t. Old Bay Seasoning

2 t. parsley flakes

1 t. mustard

1 egg

1 T. lemon juice

1t. worcestershire sauce

dash hot sauce

I like to use very fine bread crumbs prepared in my food processor (or a blender works fine as well). Set aside your bread crumbs. Beat 1 egg in a bowl. Add all wet ingredients and mix thoroughly. Add Old Bay and parsley flakes into the wet mix. Drain any liquid from your crab meat and gently add the meat into your bowl of wet ingredients. There is little point in paying more for jumbo lump meat if you are going to break it apart anyway. Gently fold the meat until all is moist. Begin adding your bread crumbs at this point. Your crab mixture should be the consistency of a fairly loose mud pie. So it only just sticks together. If you need more moisture, add a bit more mayo/lemon juice mix. A bit more bread crumbs, that's fine too. Shape mixture into patties. At this point I add a dash of worcestershire sauce to each patty. Broil for approximately 10 minutes. Serve and enjoy!