Health experts consider dining out to be a high-risk activity for the unvaccinated it may pose a risk for the vaccinated, especially in areas with substantial COVID transmission. Here are some clam dishes that we love, especially at the end of the summer. New Englanders made chowders said to be originated by Bretons, while Bostonians claim to have invented the fried clam - though the idea of frying seafood could also have come from New Orleans, with its mixed African, Spanish, and French heritage.Ĭhinese and other Asian immigrants have contributed their recipes, too, making today the best time ever to eat clams here - whether they be little necks or other quahogs (derived from a Native American word that means “horse fish”), razor clams, soft-shells, or Manila clams. Sicilian and southern Italian immigrants stuffed them and baked them, and incorporated clams into pastas. Scrub the clams well, then let them sit in the bowl for 30 minutes.
Local Native Americans were cooking them in fire pits and using the shells for wampum even before the Dutch and English arrived. Fill a large bowl or jar with very cold and heavily salted water. For decades, New Yorkers have had a special relationship with clams.
