Crab Bushel Baskets aren’t just for crabs! Use them for wedding favor decor, corn on the cob, beach towels, snack bags, spice packets and so much more! Get into the beach theme and authenticate your bushel by draping the fish netting around the basket, and then add your wedding favors, your spice packets or whatever decoration you wish.

Crab Bushel Baskets are available in our retail store. They are not so good for shipping but we can put them on a pallet if you are a customer who would order in bulk  – call for more details! Our retail store is open one Saturday a month in the summer and if you are on Facebook,  LIKE US and you will always be in the know of our updated schedule!

Crab Bushel Baskets make a great addition to crab feasts, rehearsal dinners, wedding tables and parties. The engraved mallets showcase beautifully inside the baskets and they are fun, functional and make an awesome eye-catching statement!

The J.O. Pinterest page has a great selection of pictures that showcases the fun ways brides have used their Crab Bushel Baskets! Share your pictures with us as we love to showcase how J.O. mallets, spice packets, and all wedding favors make your special day even better!

If you need a Crab Bushel Basket – just think J.O. Spice! We have all your favor needs in one stop shop! We are here M-F 8-4 and one Saturday a month in the summer – call us to inquire and tell us what you need. If it’s a Thursday, chances are we will still be here answering the phones!

At the great price of just $9.95 for a Crab Bushel Basket – why would you shop anywhere else? Get your favor decorations here – we also have great gift ideas, bridal party gift packages and ideas available and we customize labels, engrave mallets, picture frames, cutting boards and glassware! We can take your unique idea and make it a reality!

Come visit us off 3729 Old Georgetown Rd, Baltimore (Halethorpe) MD, 21227! We love visitors!

Hope to see you soon,

🙂 Pamela

Are you budget conscious? Do you try and plan for the week by making a chicken that will last a few meals, making extra potatoes, buying a few things at the store that will cook a few meals without a problem?

A roasted J.O. BBQ spiced chicken is what’s for dinner on a budget! The best part is this will make two or more dinners. Tomorrow’s dinner could be chicken noodle soup. The BBQ spice gives it a nice flavor when added with fresh cut carrots, celery, and egg noddles. Add a can of cream of chicken soup to thicken the base. Yummy. What about a BBQ panini? Bread & cheese melted together makes any dinner fabulous!

What about leftover baked potatoes? They are so easy to be “left over” because you can throw as many in the oven as you’d like – it’s all about planning really. Baked potatoes with broccoli and cheese (really, any kind of fresh/frozen veggie smothered in cheese!) is a great, easy meal (and if you don’t go too heavy on the cheese, pretty darn healthy!).

Leftover baked potatoes can be:

• cut up and either sauteed with some onion, peppers, mushrooms, and of course, J.O. Garlic Pepper
• baked in a casserole with vegetables, rotisserie chicken or turkey, or canned chicken, adding a can of cream of mushroom or chicken soup, J.O. Italian Seasoning & dot with ricotta cheese or sprinkle Parmesan cheese on top
• added to a broth – chicken, vegetable or beef –  with some veggies, J.O. Granulated Garlic, J.O. Rosemary & J.O. Marjoram and you have an easy soup!

Who says you can’t have delicious homemade meals when cooking on a budget?

What’s for dinner at your house? Send us ideas and you might win a prize in our “What’s for Dinner?” Contest!

Budgets aren’t hard to follow with SPICE,

🙂 Pamela

Are you on a salt restricted diet? Did your doctor put you on a No Salt Diet? We have the spice for that!  There is the J.O. 50%Less Seafood Seasoning which means that it has 50% less salt and is a spicier option than our traditional J.O. #1 Seafood Seasoning. The J.O. No Salt Seafood Seasoning has no salt added to the seasoning and patients from Johns Hopkins have been urged to try our seasoning! (But we are honest. Without salt, the seasoning is not very palatable.)

The salt-restricted and no salt diets are just as good as ever when you use spice. J.O. No Salt and J.O. 50% Less Salt Seafood Seasonings are good on everything – don’t limit to seafood. They were named that because it’s still a traditional Chesapeake Seasoning that you want to use on fish, shrimp and other seafood but expand that to chicken, popcorn, vegetables, potatoes, etc. Use a little, or combine the J.O. No Salt Seasoning with a powerful flavor like garlic or rosemary and see what delightful flavors your mouth can experience!

For no salt diets and people who are watching their sodium intake, we have more spices than people realize. Besides a whole range of kitchen spices like curry, cumin, rosemary, black pepper, red pepper, cayenne, chili powder in both dark and xhot, and more; our specialty seasonings were designed specifically to increase flavor without increasing sodium. That means you get so much flavor, you don’t need to use a lot of seasoning. They are also great as marinades and that will just infuse the flavor into your food even more without needing to over-season, over-salt, etc.

I like to use the “Julia Child” influenced flavors of lemon, garlic and rosemary. My Grandmother lived by her Julia Child cookbook and she said she could never get enough of the “trifecta of goodness”! I don’t like to peel garlic so I experiment with the J.O. Garlic Powder, J.O. Granulated Garlic, & J.O. Minced Garlic. Sometimes you just want a hint of garlic so you use the powder, sometimes you want more oomph in your dish and then you would want to use the minced or the granulated. Don’t forget garlic pretty much goes with everything – you don’t need salt! You just need spice.

Spice is what makes flavors come out to play! Have fun making dinner flavorful, with or without salt. Don’t think of it as a restriction; think of salt as just another spice that can be substituted by basil, cumin, coriander, chili powder, pepper or what is your favorite?

Have fun spicing up the menus,

🙂 Pamela

If the ocean were a crab, we’d sprinkle J.O. #2 all over! If the Bay were a Rockfish, we’d batter it up in the “SSSFF” and sail away!

If the forest were a deer, we’d rub it with a Chesapeake Pursuit of happiness!

If the world was famous, we’d shake shake shake our bounty full of World Famous Hot Shake and dance the night away.

If the sunset lit up the sky like a flaming charcoal grill, we’d stick a pork butt on the fire, invigorate with some “outta this world” Astro Pig BBQ Spice and throw a party!

Oh, the things we can do with spice! J.O. #2 all over the waterways as far as the eyes can see. Wouldn’t it make for a better way of life? I bet crabs would run all season long – in plenty! How do you use J.O.?

There are a variety of specialty blends at J.O. Have you made chicken salad with the Rotisserie Chicken spice? Or Rib and Chicken? Spicing up a chicken or pork is one of the easiest, most economical ways to create a great dinner or variety of meals for the week. Rotisserie Spice can be used in boiling, baking or roasting, even marinating! It’s quite delish on potatoes, too! Rib & Chicken is great for kabobs and so easy to use! It instantly adds the right flavor and makes dinner come together in such a flash, you’ll have time to sit and relax! Don’t forget about the Caribbean Jerk, the Barbeque Spice and the Steak Seasoning. They are all you need to spice up, add flavor or “Zing-a-fy” your meals!

Let me know a favorite recipe idea! We love to share the ideas and spread good meals to all!

The Rotisserie Chicken Salad recipe is on our website but I’ve baked the chicken instead of boiling it…I season the breasts with the spice and then add a little water, cover with foil for about 45 minutes, check and to brown the chicken, take off the foil and continue to bake for an additional 20 minutes or until browned to my liking. The cool thing about chicken salad is that if you make the top part of the chicken slightly crispy, then that just adds more flavor to the salad! Then as I’m adding the mayonnaise, I sprinkle more spice to my taste!

What do you do? What is your favorite specialty blend? How do you sprinkle J.O. all over?

Let us know,

🙂 Pamela

We are a proud, family-owned business. We are NOT corporate in any way! We are a small “family” business; there are only 23 of us who provide great customer service (according to our reviews) and we do not succumb to corporate ideas or rules or ways (who has the time to adhere to rules? We are SPICE-LY working here!).  When you need spice, mallets or great crabby decorations, you leave a message on our machine or you get one of the owners on the phone or one of 2 customer service ladies and WE GET YOU WHAT YOU NEED.

There are days when we work long hours because customers ran out of spice at the last minute and their truck delivers today and we are going to live up to the J.O. mission: “Get the customer what they need, when they need it.” That is J.O. Small Business. That is what we do 24-7. And we are incredibly proud of being able to do that since 1945. We have no intention of changing. We work hard to keep the business strong and we appreciate your support of small business!

Crabbing season is upon us and we are hoping for a great one. We are a small business and every sale counts! That is why we do what we do for customers. And customers support us and we appreciate it! We thank our customers by doing all that we can to get them what they need! It’s a mutual win-win. We are very grateful for our wonderful customers – each and every single one!

Thanks for a superb turn out at our Grand Opening, Saturday, April 5, 2014. Next year is our 70th year and we are already planning the party! Thanks for supporting small business! Keep America Strong!

Thanks for Great Customers! Thanks for Small Business! Thanks for SPICE because as you know, spice is the taste of life!

WHEN you need anything – spice, mallets, cutting boards, oyster knives, glasses engraved with crabs or ??? We are here for you!

Spice up your life with J.O.,

🙂 Pamela

There’s new J.O. Natty Boh apparel for the summer months! We have red and grey tshirts, tank tops, kids shirts and onesies! We also have J.O. Natty Boh hats! Whenever you wear a “J. Boh” you are showing your Baltimore pride! What goes better with crabs than beer? (Besides corn, fried chicken, and shrimp of course!) Why not wear it on your tshirt? We also have J.O. Natty Boh sweatshirts and long sleeve shirts to keep you in the crabbing spirit all year long.

With the new red and grey colors, why not stock up? Every so often we run Facebook contests and we ask people to look for J.O. Apparel and snap a pic! The J.O. Natty Boh is so popular because it really brings out that Baltimore spirit, but there is the J.O. Throwback, Knockers and Seasonings for all Seasons shirts available as well.

Inside the new store, there are many other apparel options besides the J.O. Natty Boh. We just got in the resort wear – floppy hats, cover ups and catch-all’s that have matching bags that you can take to the beach or on your vacation. There’s shorts, pj’s, nightshirts, too!  When you think of vacation, think of J.O. for all your apparel, bags and more.

We also love to get pictures of  you wearing J.O. Apparel because it’s fun to see how far J.O. can travel! We shout out on Facebook and you just never know when that shout out gets you a very cool prize!

So, what’s in your closet?

Dress for Success in J.O. Apparel,

🙂 Pamela

We are the wedding and party favor headquarters! We are the knot’s “Best of Favors” Winners for 2013 and 2014 for a great reason – We LOVE to take the stress out of party planning! We have been in the crab business since 1945 so we KNOW all about crab mallets, customizing your mallet with your unique, individual style and customizing spice packets! It’s a natural progression to branch out into more favor ideas ~ glassware, frames, cutting boards and knives that can be personalized with your individuality.

What makes us the wedding and party favor headquarters? We are so much  MORE THAN SPICE and crab mallets! We have “He asked…she said yes!” signs. We have Bride, Groom, Just Married, Just Hitched signage perfect for bridal showers and wedding decor. There’s Mr. Right/Mrs. ALWAYS Right mug sets (who doesn’t need a few of those for gifts?) . We have Trista Sutter’s, from “The Bachelorette”, Grateful Heart Jewelry & Frame Collection. We have the crab netting, the nautical & beach decorations, the table setting signs, the frames, the glassware, the jewelry and the craft bags with over 48 color choices of ribbon and raffia.

We Fit Any and All Budgets! We are experts in creating memorable mallet favors and we have a variety of pre-printed sayings perfect for the corporate event, crab feast, anniversary party, and rehearsal dinner. But since we are the wedding & party headquarters, we do so much more! We have gift tins, buckets in all shapes & sizes, and bushel baskets ready to be filled per your budgeted amount. If you only have $10 to spend, we are expertly creative in putting together a gift that is guaranteed to bring a smile.

We can decorate any type of party, we can create any type of gift basket, and we can customize, personalize and individualize your unique & memorable gift! We love to spice up your parties with great favors. We love to bring a smile and create a lifetime of memories with gifts and many spectacular wrapping ideas!

How can we help you spice up your party? We are your unique wedding &  party favor headquarters ~ at your service! Just call~ we are experts on a moment’s notice too!

Happy spicy partying,

🙂 Pamela

Here at J.O. we have a seasoning for all. We have the garlic for the garlic lovers. We have black pepper blends for the black pepper aficionados. There’s Cajun flavors, blackened, Jerk spice, 3 different wild game blends that go on ANY and EVERY animal and of course, we can spice up crabs, shrimp, rockfish, oysters, scallops, crayfish/crawdads/crawfish, lobster, tilapia, flounder….SEAFOOD!

J.O. #2 is made solely for the steaming of crabs! J.O. #1 is awesome on the table next to the salt and pepper as it is good on EVERYTHING. Aficionado’s take note – black pepper base crab seasoning is the secret inside J.O. Black Crab. There’s the J.O. Garlic Crab and those who like BBQ there is J.O. BBQ Crab Seasoning. We have a seasoning for all – what’s your favorite?

The 3 different wild game blends aren’t just for “wild game” hunters, fishermen and those outdoorsy types. The Venison/Steak/Beef Seasoning in the red label is “SERIOUSLY WICKED GOOD” on hamburgers and turkey burgers. The Beef/Poultry Rub is the one that makes the chicken so happy to be in the oven. Using Beef/Poultry Rub on a pork shoulder and getting it ready to be broasted and then turned into your famous bar-b-que is heaven on a platter and sure to be your favorite?

Never, ever be afraid to combine spices to get your desired taste or exciting new combination. Have you tried the blackened with a little J.O. Garlic Crab? How about the J.O. BBQ Crab and a little of the Beef/Poultry Rub? What about a fun combination of Cajun, lime juice and a pinch of J.O. #1? You just never know what kind of winning invention you are capable of creating in your very own kitchen.

The cool thing about using the J.O. Crab Blends is that they already have the salt that you would use on the meats. Pro chefs are always saying that salt adds the flavor – adding it to your pasta’s water makes the pasta taste better. Rubbing it on meat starts the breakdown of the tendons to make the juices come out and the meat that much more moist.

There is a seasoning for all – what’s your favorite?

Happy Finding your Favorite Blend,

🙂 Pamela

The Seasoned Southern Style Fish Fry Batter is a misnomer. There are green tomatoes, chicken nuggets, chicken strips, zucchini, okra, yellow squash, onions and mushrooms that need to be seasoned in this batter! Don’t let those wonderful foods feel left out and get all sad in your refrigerator! They love to be battered up, fried and devoured deliciously. That is their purpose and it is up to you to help them fulfill it.

Seasoned Southern Style Fish Fry, the “SSSFF”, is the bomb.com ~ J.O.’s spicy, tasty take on getting you back to your Southern roots or just to give you something different with an added, “hmmm, a hint of heat, definite spice and oh so good, I can’t wait until dinner!”

“SSSFF” is so easy to work with. All you have to do is prepare your vegetables, fish or meat and either bread it as is or use an egg-wash to get the food all nice and ready to get battered-up. It’s much more moist if you do the egg-wash method which means that in a small bowl, crack an egg, slightly beat it as if you are getting ready to scramble and dredge your food in the wash first, then do the breading. Sometimes you might not have the time so just stick your food in a ziploc bag, add a touch of water to your meat/fish, throw in some “SSSFF” and voila, dinner is ready to fry!

Chicken nuggets are a favorite for kids and the adult children! When you do it in the “SSSFF”, you can make a grown-up dip like jalapeno ranch, or chili-pepper or wasabi ketchup. The flavors are endless. The “SSSFF” is a very versatile batter that adds a spectacular flavorful dimension to any meal of the day.

What are your favorite ideas when you think of the “SSSFF”?

Let us know!

Happy cooking,

🙂 Pamela

The crabby Beadworx products are so cute! The pictures really don’t do them justice. You really want the flip flop garden stakes in your garden. They are awesome. The turtles are perfect on the wall in a set of 3 or just sitting on an end table or your desk. Then there are all the different crab sizes and the blue and orange crab is adorable. The crab garden stakes are very cool. The flip flop key chains are a must have and they are in so many different colors, buy one for every key set you need!

Beadworx by Grassroots is a true craft that can only truly be appreciated as you look at the wonderful products. After reading their website, and then checking out the products, you see how the wire bending would be difficult and intricate, requiring great strength and skill. These products bring steady work and income to hundreds of people who had no prior opportunity to create stability for themselves and their families. When Ginger saw the crabby Beadworx products and heard about the company, their business, and how it all came to be and who it supports, she had to bring in this line!

These crabby Beadworx products are great for gifts! They are so cute, you don’t even have to be a collector of sea life or flip flops to enjoy the intricacies. You’ll just pick one up because it’s fun to look at and it will make you smile. Who doesn’t want to smile when they are sitting at their desk? Great for crabby co-workers,  crabby bus drivers, crabby mailmen, crabby in-laws….whoever needs a smile, a pick-me-up or ask us to wrap it up for a great birthday celebration!

Happy making someone’s day,

🙂 Pamela