Posted on 11/01/2022 6:17:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL DEEP FRIED CLAMS DAY
National Deep Fried Clams Day on November 1st recognizes a popular seafood item enjoyed since the 1840s.
#DeepFriedClamsDay
Fried claims have been on menus in restaurants since the 1840s. They were served alongside mutton, liver and veal cutlets up and down the Eastern Seaboard. And they have quite a history, too.
According to legend, Lawrence Henry “Chubby” Woodman from Essex, Massachusetts deep fried the first breaded versions of clams over 100 years ago. On July 3, 1916, in his small roadside restaurant, now Woodman’s of Essex, it is believed Chubby served his customers the first modern-day deep-fried clams.
It was later on that Thomas Soffron of Soffron Brothers Clam Co., based in Ipswich, Massachusetts, created clam strips, which are made from the foot of hard-shelled sea clams. Soffron sold these to Howard Johnson’s in an exclusive deal, and as the chain expanded, they became popular throughout the country.
Clams are low in cholesterol and fat without breading and oil. However, when fried, they absorb cooking fat and calories.
Fried clams to New England are what barbecue is to the South. ~David Leite ~August 29, 2007, New York Times ~In A ’64 T-Bird, Chasing a Date With a Clam
HOW TO OBSERVE DEEP FRIED CLAMS DAY
When it comes to fried clams, the best way to celebrate is by eating some! Whether you make them at home or visit your favorite seafood restaurant, the day is worth celebrating! Be sure to share your favorite recipe or give a shout-out to the cooks who make them best.
Enjoy this Battered Fried Clams recipe.
Use #DeepFriedClamsDay to post on social media.
NATIONAL DEEP FRIED CLAMS DAY HISTORY
National Day Calendar® continues researching the origins of this food holiday.
Is there any other way to eat them? Now, if I could only find a decent place nearby that knows how to make them properly...
(Misplaced New Englanda)
BTW...ever had a fresh out of the sea raw scallop? Not one from a seafood vendor. Gotta be warm and salty. They are sooo sweet and tasty. Yum.
Clams without the bellies are no clams at all!
DJ’s Clam Shack in Key West. And their lobster roll is pretty good, too.
Woodman’s restaurant is still there. However its a tourist trap. If you’re in the area go to any number of similar places
I can remember the Friday all you can eat Fried Clam Special at Howard Johnson’s. My parents would drive a long way to find the closest HoJo. You could eat them by the plate full until you were full, or got indigestion from too much fried food.
Um Um Good!
Years ago, our office located a short distance down the highway from Howard Johnson. Every Friday lunch would be
a trip to HoJo’s for their fried clams. Their New England
Clam Chowder wasn’t so bad either. Always New England; never
Manhattan.
>I can remember the Friday all you can eat Fried Clam Special at Howard Johnson’s.
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This! And they were not so heavily breaded like they are now
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