There is a reason it was known as Nasty Gansett! -----Original Message----- From: Dendy, John Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:47 AM To: [log in to unmask] 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 > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > > ********************** > Dr. James C. Garman > Assistant Professor of Archaeology > Salve Regina University > 100 Ochre Point Avenue > Newport, RI 02840 > > 401.341.3127