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>I am serving Maryland steamed crabs and crabcakes for dinner next week.
> (I'm not cooking them; I'm having them delivered pre-cooked) I'm
> going to a local liquor store to have someone suggest a good wine to go
> with it. So now I have the crabs and wine covered. But that's it.

A good wine with crabs is beer.

>
> Can someone suggest something (preferably simple) that would go well
> with crabs? Maybe some kind of rice or couscous or something like that
> and some veggies? I'm open to any ideas. I'm a bachelor, so the
> easier the suggestions, the better.

Corn on the cob and more beer.

Go to a good Maryland crab house and you don't see any wine, just beer. Go
to any bar in Philly or Jersey that has crabs and they will be drinking
beer. Go to any backyard crab boil and there will be beer.