There is a reason it was known as Nasty Gansett!

-----Original Message-----
From: Dendy, John
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:47 AM
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Subject: Re: The Mighty Quahog


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
>
> Hi all --
>
> 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.)
>
> 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
>
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