Corner Deli · Fried Fish Cake
Baltimore Coddies
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Coddies once sold two-for-a-nickel from Baltimore corner grocery counters alongside saltine crackers and yellow mustard — a working-class lunch that predates the city's now-famous crab cake by decades.
A patty of mashed potato and salt cod (or canned fish) is breaded and deep-fried into a flat, crisp cake, then sandwiched between two saltine crackers with a smear of yellow mustard. Corner delis in Baltimore's rowhouse neighborhoods have served them this exact way for generations.
Why it's made this way: The coddy grew out of Baltimore's working-class deli counters as a cheap, filling alternative to pricier crab, and the cracker-and-mustard serving style remains unique to the city.
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