Envision a long wooden table in a Maryland home owner’s back yard covered with a long and clean sheet of brown paper.
Now imagine seeing small wooden mallets spaced about three feet apart where plates might go. Focusing in, you then see two identical containers of spice sitting the middle of the table. What kind of spice is it? What is about to happen? If you have spent even one summer in Maryland, you were likely able to conjure up in your mind two small shakers of Old Bay seasoning, that shall be sprinkled on the blue shell crabs about to hit the table. Your prior experience has prepared you to anticipate what would be appropriate given the setting you observed.
