
By the way, during this same session , they were not yet able to pass a ban on using your cell phone while driving. One representative from a rural part of the state tried to argue that his constituents would have to pull over on the side of a road without a shoulder to make a phone call…evidently he missed the 4 million stores and websites selling headsets for as low as $5. So he thinks you can afford a $200 cell phone but can’t shell out another few bucks for a headset or speaker. I think he’s had too much Smith Island Cake.
Speaking of the aforementioned cake, what is it? I had never heard of it until a few days ago when I first heard of the deep philosophical debate happening deep in the bowls of the Maryland State House. Smith Island Cake is not much more then its name signifies. It is a chocolate layer cake, first baked on Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay. It consists of anywhere between 6-12 razor-thin layers of yellow cake frosted with chocolate goodness. It serves, as the great AB often reminds us, as a true “icing delivery system.”
But even with all it’s deliciousness put aside, does it deserve the moniker as the “State Dessert of Maryland”? I don’t know. I guess it’s better then a crab-sicle but what else is out there. I think that a landmark decision like picking the state dessert is not one that should be taken lightly and thrown in to the mix during the end of a legislative session. It needs to be properly feted out and there needs to be a statewide taste test to make sure the will and voice of the people is heard. I would recommend you start at an address up in Gaithersburg. Just a thought, not a sermon.
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