{"id":3076,"date":"2019-07-20T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3076"},"modified":"2019-07-17T10:10:06","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T14:10:06","slug":"weekender-do-new-englanders-frown-on-clam-strips-and-prefer-clam-bellies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/langa.com\/index.php\/2019\/07\/20\/weekender-do-new-englanders-frown-on-clam-strips-and-prefer-clam-bellies\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekender: “Do New Englanders frown on clam strips and prefer clam bellies?”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(Answer requested by Irwin Chung)<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Frown on? No. It\u2019s a matter of individual taste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both styles of fried clams, as we know them today, are local inventions anyway, created in towns on the Massachusetts coastline, north of Boston.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The now-classic recipe for\u00a0deep fried, breaded whole clams (with \u201cbellies\u201d)<\/strong>\u00a0was created by \u201cLawrence Henry \u2018Chubby\u2019 Woodman<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0Essex, Massachusetts<\/a>. He is said to have created the first batch [in a potato-chip fryer] on\u00a0July 3, 1916.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traditional whole-belly clam plate, with fries, cole slaw, and tartar sauce.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Fried Clam Strips<\/strong>\u00a0(minced sea clam \u201cfeet\u201d \u2014 the large muscle \u2014 pressed into a strip and deep fried) were invented in\u00a01932<\/strong>\u00a0by \u201c…Thomas Soffron<\/a>, of Soffron Brothers Clam Co., based in\u00a0Ipswich, Massachusetts<\/a>. \u2026. He sold these to\u00a0Howard Johnson’s<\/a>\u00a0[a national restaurant chain] in an exclusive deal, and as the chain expanded, they became popular throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clam strips have a uniform texture; whole clams are variable and contain squishy liquid, and sometimes, sand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I prefer strips. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Answer requested by Irwin Chung) Frown on? No. It\u2019s a matter of individual taste. Both styles of fried clams, as we know them today, are local inventions anyway, created in towns on the Massachusetts coastline, north of Boston. 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