Rhode Island is on TV!!!

[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?

[pomtzu]

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.

[Grace]

My husband actually went out with my brother once and dug quahogs. Then he ate a couple - but will never do it again 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.

[pomtzu]

My husband actually went out with my brother once and dug quahogs. Then he ate a couple - but will never do it again 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.

[Grace]

Absolutely raw!! Dig 'em, open and eat

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.

[pomtzu]

Absolutely raw!! Dig 'em, open and eat

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.

[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!

[Grace]

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



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

[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 !