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Narragansett beer tastes like Narragansett bay. Right up there with
Rheingold.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Garman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:44 AM
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> Subject: The Mighty Quahog
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> Hi all --
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> The quahog (Mya arenaria) is the staple of traditional R.I. chowdah.
> It's a small clam dug from tidal flats, and is as mightily delicious raw
> on the half shell as it is in clear-broth chowder (no milk or, God
> forbid, tomato broth, please -- just broth and potatoes.)
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> Until the demise of the Narragansett Brewery, the ultimate summer RI
> meal was a clambake with lobstah, cawn on the cahb, mussels, quahogs,
> saugy-dogs (natural-casing hot dogs), and chourico. Now we have to wash
> it down with microbrews, and it's just not the same.
>
> Best wishes from the state with the dirtiest politicians and the
> cleanest beaches,
>
> Jim Garman
>
> **********************
> Dr. James C. Garman
> Assistant Professor of Archaeology
> Salve Regina University
> 100 Ochre Point Avenue
> Newport, RI 02840
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> 401.341.3127
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