James Silverton wrote:
> When my kids were small they loved Howard Johnson's Fried clams. It
> used to be a big deal to have dinner at the HoJo restaurant near the
> Blue Ridge National Park. There aren't many (if any) HoJo's now but
> what sort of clams did they use? I recall the clams as being long
> battered strips.

Funny to hear this asked about. My father always told me they were
ipswich clams (had to look it up to get the correct spelling). I have
no idea if that's true or not, but he seemed to think it was a cool
thing to know.

-S-