"Fried clams" refers to clams that have been coated in batter and deep-fried until they turn crispy and golden.
Full definition
But if you want to win my heart, here is what you do: drive up to Ipswich, Mass, buy me the largest basket
of fried clams they sell, and instantaneously transport them back to Brooklyn, where they'll arrive briny and still crunchy and perfect.
What to order: lettuce wraps
with fried clams, fried oysters Rockefeller, hush puppies with honey butter, heirloom tomato and peach salad, fried chicken
(Okay, maybe I sneak in a
few fried clam baskets at the seafood shack.)
Despite my deep affinity
for fried clams, I came home in better shape than when I left.
Rutter's also added a line of world - class seafood that
includes fried clams, scallops, tavern battered cod, roasted corn and crab chowder, and fried shrimp.
In Ten Restaurants That Changed America (Liveright), Paul Freedman aims high with portraits of Le Pavillon, Chez Panisse, and Antoine's, but doesn't neglect things a bit more down - market, with the often surprising stories of Howard Johnson's (where many of us learned to
love fried clams), Schrafft's, and Mama Leone's.
I loved shad roe when I lived in Virginia, but this roe was much milder and tasted more like a
delicious fried clam.
Mark and I aren't big fish eaters — he'll eat some shrimp and I
like fried clams.
Not only does Old Bay go into the breading for these juicy,
tender fried clams, it also seasons the creamy, tangy, spicy tartar sauce that's served alongside.
In 2016, that spot is Portland, Maine, which has all the
crunchy fried clams and tugboats of a classic New England getaway, along with the dining chops of a larger place.
One of the Kelly's chain (local chain of roast beef &
fried clam places) did have a jellyfish aquarium, but I haven't been to that one in a few years so I don't know if it is still there.
Honorific highlights from July include
National Fried Clam Day, National Paper Bag Day, and on July 29, National Lipstick Day.
If you've never encountered great New England -
style fried clams — the ones that make the short trip from the sandy Massachusetts mud of the estuaries and bays near Essex and Ipswich into the deep fryers of the best local clam shacks — it might be hard to imagine their lasting physiological impact.
And my first plate
of fried clams plus an Ipswich ale at Bob Lobster, pure heaven.
A
few fried clams are fine to share with friends, but don't make a meal of them.
If I get home early enough, we'll go to the Colony
for fried clams and ice cream.
Ipswich is so closely identified
with fried clams that the softshell has taken the popular name Ipswich clam practically everywhere in the country.
The baskets» entrees had staples like the legendary Whopper, as well as newer additions like a meatloaf sandwich and
fried clams.
Mmmmm...
fried clams and sea scallops - that sounds so good right now!
This dish looks very pretty and appetizing but I think I'll stick to what I'm familiar with (Fish and chips, shrimp cocktail,
fried clams and sea scallops).
The restaurant also features sea urchin, crab, lobster, grilled steak, roasted chicken, sandwiches (po» boy, soft shell crab and
fried clam) and — of course — oysters.
Whole Maine lobsters by the pound and
fried clams.
FOLLOW ALONG: at @meanseattle on Instagram for special - themed menu nights like Jersey shore (lobster,
fried clams, funnel cake) and New Orleans (po» boys, muffuletta, and frozen daiquiris).
According to local lore, it wasn't until Lawrence «Chubby» Woodman introduced a shucked clam to sizzling oil in 1916 that
the fried clam, a summer staple of New Englanders to this day, was born.
Most telling is the increased output of the vacation rationalization gland, causing an unprecedented desire to explore America's marshlands (specifically those closest to the short IpswichtoEssex stretch of Route 133, the clam lover's road to joy) or, once there, to parlay a town's selfawarded title of America's Antique Capital to lure a reluctant travel partner back on the road for a few more plates of
fried clams.
Whet your appetite with fresh seafood from the Atlantic, like steamed lobster,
fried clams, or New England / the - only - acceptable - kind - of clam chowder.
If you're a seafood lover, where do you expect your yellowtail or
fried clams will come from a couple of decades from now?