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National Deep Fried Clams Day | November 1
National Day Calendar ^ | November 1, 2022 | Staff

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine; History
KEYWORDS: agriculture; animalhusbandry; clam; clams; dietandcuisine
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1 posted on 11/01/2022 6:17:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Diana in Wisconsin; mylife

Ping!...............


2 posted on 11/01/2022 6:17:57 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

ummmmmm....love fried clams...and raw clams...and steamed clams...and saving the best for last...love clams casino.


3 posted on 11/01/2022 6:21:04 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Red Badger

So a cinnimon deep fried clam calzone is on the menu...


4 posted on 11/01/2022 6:21:28 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: Red Badger

So, friend clam calzone?


5 posted on 11/01/2022 6:21:49 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: real saxophonist

*cinnamon


6 posted on 11/01/2022 6:22:17 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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Sorry, but deep frying a clam is a volume 11 sacrilege


7 posted on 11/01/2022 6:22:20 AM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: real saxophonist

...with pineapple.


8 posted on 11/01/2022 6:23:57 AM PDT by decal (They won't stop, so they'll have to be stopped)
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To: Larry Lucido

With cinnamon!.................


9 posted on 11/01/2022 6:24:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: real saxophonist

And pumpkin spice...


10 posted on 11/01/2022 6:25:55 AM PDT by BBQToadRibs2
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To: Larry Lucido

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsxX8uZyZ2Q


11 posted on 11/01/2022 6:26:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

WITH the bellies....please!


12 posted on 11/01/2022 6:27:36 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Great minds drink alike...me and my baby havin' a hell of a night. - - BB King)
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To: Red Badger

I’m off to Howard Johnson’s!!!


13 posted on 11/01/2022 6:39:34 AM PDT by null and void (← Not delusional, just differently realitied...)
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To: null and void

Are they even still in business?

Ours closed decades ago...................


14 posted on 11/01/2022 6:40:52 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Its also Granny Mac Day ...

My grandmother’s birthday ...

Born 1883


15 posted on 11/01/2022 6:42:53 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Red Badger

No. *sigh*


16 posted on 11/01/2022 6:48:19 AM PDT by null and void (← Not delusional, just differently realitied...)
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To: Red Badger

You’re making me hungry.


17 posted on 11/01/2022 6:51:28 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Red Badger

Steamed clams from Maine I prefer. Or their fish and chips.


18 posted on 11/01/2022 6:51:59 AM PDT by Bob434 (question)
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To: Red Badger

This reminds me...as a child we would dig clams at Redondo Beach south of Seattle...came home with big Buckets of clams...but I still hate them, decades later...except minced in Chowder.


19 posted on 11/01/2022 6:54:34 AM PDT by goodnesswins (The Chinese are teaching calculus to their 3rd graders while ours are trying to pick a pronoun.)
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To: Red Badger

I love deep fried clams.

Maybe I can run to the store before lunch.


20 posted on 11/01/2022 6:54:47 AM PDT by DannyTN
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