Made me a lifelong fan of fried clams.
Oh man, I forgot about those it’s been so long. There used to be one just off the interstate west of Nashville. Our family used to stop there every time we went through.
“Made me a lifelong fan of fried clams. Plus clam chowder, good salads and their ice cream.”
About a year before my wife and I met each other, she had discovered HoJo’s in the midwest where she lived and the southwest where I lived, my friends and I discovered HoJo’s.
On the weekends, she and her sister RN students pooled their money to buy gas and tolls. Then, they drove to the nearest HoJo’s on their interstate to enjoy the food.
My friends and I did the same thing in the SW and got on a new interstate and went to HoJo’s.
Later we met, got engaged and married. HoJo’s was when ever she had the time off we had 15 $’s for the tolls and food.
She was a big fan of Julia Child and has most of her cookbooks. We both loved her sense of humor on tv.
Our fav fast food was A&W. They had the basic menus and often fav items for their area. Many if not most of them closed for the winter months sometime in Nov.. Then, they reopened a little before Easter.
me too!
Those were good! And all those ice cream flavors !
I grew up in MA so ours also had clams and clam strips. Also, I’m not sure if they had anything that wasn’t deep fried.
I do not like clams, but HoJo’s fried clams were delicious!
YES, same here! But I still long for those delicious Howard Johnson's fried clams! Along with a bowl of HJ's New England Clam Chowder, they made the perfect meal!
The tartar sauce was the best ever, too! I follow Jacques on Facebook. Love his recipes.