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Crab cake

Imagine you are playing with Play-Doh and you decide to make a ball. Now imagine you take that ball and squish it down into a flat shape, like a pancake. That's kind of like what a crab cake is!

A crab cake is a tasty meal made from crab meat that has been mixed with a bunch of ingredients like bread crumbs, spices, and mayonnaise. All of this gets mixed up and formed into a ball shape, and then squished down into a flat pancake shape.

Once it's all flattened out, the crab cake gets cooked in a pan or oven until it's crispy and brown on the outside and warm on the inside. Then, it's ready to eat! Some people like to put tartar sauce or squeeze a little bit of lemon on top of their crab cake to make it even more delicious.
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