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04-09-2011, 12:52 PM
Grace

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

Do people in MI even know what a quahog is?? :confused:

No, they don't. Once a guy followed me into a car wash to find out what it was - and he was in a convertible with the top down! We drove the UPS and FedEx drivers nuts when we first got them.

But there must be others from out east living here. I originally tried to get just QUAHOG, but it was taken. Then she tried QUAH0G - with a zero instead of the O. That was also gone. so it came down to 1QUAHOG - and Douglas has 2QUAHOG.

Once, when we were in Rhode Island, some lady commented that she didn't know there were quahogs in Michigan :)
04-09-2011, 01:14 PM
Karen

And I bet no one in Michigan knows how to pronounce it, either! :)
04-09-2011, 01:19 PM
pomtzu

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Originally Posted by Karen

And I bet no one in Michigan knows how to pronounce it, either! :)

And I have this funny picture in my mind, of all these PT'ers Googling quahog to find out what in the heck it is we're talking about! :p:D
04-09-2011, 04:08 PM
Freedom

Ahahahaaaa, wow! Neat license plate -- hey, wonder if you could track down who has the first 2 options you tried? LOL

Been to Newport, Middletown and Portsmouth many times (fo te est of PT, those are the 3 towns on Aquidneck island). LOVE Cliff Walk!

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Originally Posted by Grace

Where did you live before Rhode Island?

Born and Raised in Mass. - Methuen, up on the Salem, NH line.

Maine is my heart home, and I lived there 5 years, in Falmouth, just north of Portland. However, I was never a "Mainer," you must be born there (some say 4 generations!) to use that label. I was considered a "Maniac!" :D It was my life dream to live there, and soon as I could, I got a job up there and moved.

But I couldn't cope w/ the winters, the year we had 127 inches of snow did me in: said I'd be outta there before another flake landed, and moved down here to RI.
04-09-2011, 04:10 PM
Freedom

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

And I have this funny picture in my mind, of all these PT'ers Googling quahog to find out what in the heck it is we're talking about! :p:D

Fortunately, being from Mass and Maine, I've known and loved quahogs all my life!
04-09-2011, 04:27 PM
Pinot's Mom

Love me some Quahogs!! Had to explain them to my husband many years ago....he's born and bred here on the Mason Dixon line. I also tried to explain Lobster Rolls for many years until we finally went to Maine. The first Lobster Pound I saw, we stopped, I had one, he tasted and said OK - NOW I know the difference!

Back to Rhode Island...we lived on Bayview Avenue in Portsmouth (very close to the Mount Hope Bridge), Glen Farm in Portsmouth (which is now an "equestrian facility"), Middletown for a short time, Powell Avenue & Farewell Street in Newport, Narragansett Avenue in Tiverton (off Island). That was all with my parents. On my own, I lived on Park Street (a lovely apartment I have never forgotten) and Heath Street.

Sorry, Ellie, no Cliff Walk! :) Most of our time, however, was spent on the boat at the piers of Newport Yacht Club - does that make you feel better?;)
04-09-2011, 04:37 PM
pomtzu

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Originally Posted by Pinot's Mom

Sorry, Ellie, no Cliff Walk! :) Most of our time, however, was spent on the boat at the piers of Newport Yacht Club - does that make you feel better?;)

Well - it is a step down from living next door to the Vanderbilt's, but still not too shabby. :D ;)
04-09-2011, 04:40 PM
Grace

My husband actually went out with my brother once and dug quahogs. Then he ate a couple - but will never do it again :D No, he didn't get sick; it's just not his thing.

We lived on Aquidneck Avenue for the two years we were on the Island.

There's a restaurant near us that makes Lobster Rolls. I tried one once - terrible. I tried to tell them you only need 4 basic ingredients, plus the roll, but they insist upon adding some fancy crap. Thank goodness for Monahans in A2. They have Lobster Salad on Fridays, and it is to die for - and very expensive.
04-09-2011, 04:47 PM
pomtzu

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Originally Posted by Grace

My husband actually went out with my brother once and dug quahogs. Then he ate a couple - but will never do it again :D No, he didn't get sick; it's just not his thing.

Raw??? That's not my thing either - they have to be steamed. We used to go out on my Dad's boat and jump overboard at low tide and dig for them with our toes - Dad would eat them raw almost as fast as we were digging them. I tried it once - not again. :eek:
04-09-2011, 04:57 PM
Grace

Absolutely raw!! Dig 'em, open and eat :D

When you talk steamed, are you thinking soft or hardshell clams? In our family, the hard were eaten raw (or in chowder or clam cakes), the soft shelled were steamed. The soft also make the best Fried Clams. Out here the only kind of fried we can get are strips - no bellies.
04-09-2011, 05:03 PM
pomtzu

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Originally Posted by Grace

Absolutely raw!! Dig 'em, open and eat :D

When you talk steamed, are you thinking soft or hardshell clams? In our family, the hard were eaten raw (or in chowder or clam cakes), the soft shelled were steamed. The soft also make the best Fried Clams. Out here the only kind of fried we can get are strips - no bellies.

No - they were hard shell. If they were too big tho - they would be rather "chewy" after they were steamed - the smaller, the better. Can't beat the littlenecks tho.
04-09-2011, 05:46 PM
Karen

We usually steamed 'em, then chopped 'em up and made stuffed clams, with the big ones. We'd often clean and save the shells for later use, they make good little "dishes" or they'd go out to the compost heap!
04-09-2011, 06:11 PM
Grace

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Originally Posted by pomtzu

No - they were hard shell. If they were too big tho - they would be rather "chewy" after they were steamed - the smaller, the better. Can't beat the littlenecks tho.

Chewy is the operative word. Soft shell clams do not get chewy/rubbery. Only the hard shell do.

Little Necks were meant to be eaten raw :D

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...nP91TVkDTc2tdc

This is a soft shell steamer - see it is more oblong, and the neck sticks out -

http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...tVZA_whERe24k0
04-09-2011, 08:09 PM
phesina

I lived for about a year and a half in an apartment on Angell St. in a house that had once been the home of famed Providence resident H.P. Lovecraft :eek::eek::eek: !
04-10-2011, 08:01 AM
Freedom

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Originally Posted by phesina

I lived for about a year and a half in an apartment on Angell St. in a house that had once been the home of famed Providence resident H.P. Lovecraft :eek::eek::eek: !

They have tours going by that House ALL THE TIME!

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