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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts) Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:56 AM Nov 2018

Happy National Deep Fried Clams Day! Yay or Nay?

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Happy National Deep Fried Clams Day! Yay or Nay? (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 OP

Yay. Wasn't Howard Johnson's famous for fried clams? muntrv Nov 2018 #1

I do believe you are right! Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #2

Tendersweet fried clams greymattermom Nov 2018 #4

I discovered this fact Cirque du So-What Nov 2018 #5

Fried clam strips...yes Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #14

Yay, yay, yay Soxfan58 Nov 2018 #3

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #9

I live in New England where they are big on the soft-shell clams. smirkymonkey Nov 2018 #6

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #10

Yeeaahh buddy! Cirque du So-What Nov 2018 #7

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #11

Try them at Starfish greymattermom Nov 2018 #8

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #12

Anything clams is a yay 😀. Polly Hennessey Nov 2018 #13

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #16

Yes yes yes Docreed2003 Nov 2018 #15

Me too! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #17

No thanks. You can have mine. IrishEyes Nov 2018 #18

Thank you! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #20

Not real fried clams unless they have the bellies. Fla Dem Nov 2018 #19

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Nov 2018 #21

muntrv

(14,505 posts)

1. Yay. Wasn't Howard Johnson's famous for fried clams?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:57 AM

Nov 2018

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

2. I do believe you are right!

Reply to muntrv (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 08:58 AM

Nov 2018

greymattermom

(5,808 posts)

4. Tendersweet fried clams

Reply to muntrv (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:01 AM

Nov 2018

with no stomachs. The best.

Cirque du So-What

(29,885 posts)

5. I discovered this fact

Reply to muntrv (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:03 AM

Nov 2018

from an unlikely source: Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention's Billy the Mountain.

Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)

14. Fried clam strips...yes

Reply to muntrv (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:06 AM

Nov 2018

Soxfan58

(3,537 posts)

3. Yay, yay, yay

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:01 AM

Nov 2018

5 Island lobster pound Georgetown Maine. Best ever

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

9. 😋

Reply to Soxfan58 (Reply #3)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:57 AM

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

6. I live in New England where they are big on the soft-shell clams.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:03 AM

Nov 2018

I don't really like them - it's a texture thing. The soft bellies and long necks kind of bum me out. However I love steamed littleneck (hardshell) clams dipped in lemon butter.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

10. 😋

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #6)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:57 AM

Nov 2018

Cirque du So-What

(29,885 posts)

7. Yeeaahh buddy!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:05 AM

Nov 2018

Consume mass quantities!

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

11. 😋

Reply to Cirque du So-What (Reply #7)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:57 AM

Nov 2018

greymattermom

(5,808 posts)

8. Try them at Starfish

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:07 AM

Nov 2018

in Cortex, FL. Sit outside and watch the white pelicans in winter.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

12. 😋

Reply to greymattermom (Reply #8)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 09:57 AM

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Polly Hennessey

(8,968 posts)

13. Anything clams is a yay 😀.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 10:44 AM

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Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

16. 😋

Reply to Polly Hennessey (Reply #13)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:20 AM

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Docreed2003

(18,714 posts)

15. Yes yes yes

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:06 AM

Nov 2018

A better question would be strips or whole belly clams?? (I love both)

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

17. Me too! 😋

Reply to Docreed2003 (Reply #15)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 11:20 AM

Nov 2018

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)

18. No thanks. You can have mine.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:09 PM

Nov 2018

I'm not a big fan of seafood or fried things.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

20. Thank you! 😋

Reply to IrishEyes (Reply #18)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:40 PM

Nov 2018

Fla Dem

(27,772 posts)

19. Not real fried clams unless they have the bellies.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:26 PM

Nov 2018

Fried clam strips are like eating fried calamari. You need the juicy bellies to get the whole experience.

Floyd R. Turbo

(33,281 posts)

21. 😋

Reply to Fla Dem (Reply #19)

Thu Nov 1, 2018, 12:40 PM

Nov 2018

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