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On 7/20/2014 2:55 PM, 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.
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OMG! You are stirring memories. I loved those fried clams!

I remember Mother's Day, 1975 when my husband took me there along with 2
toddlers and a baby in the infant seat, who we put up on the table while
mommy gorged herself with fired clams.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas