On 7/20/2014 4:37 PM, Janet Wilder wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>
> 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.


In the mid to late 60's, HoJo had an AYCE Fish and Chips special almost
every Friday night. For $1.29, you got all the deep fried flounder,
french fries and cole slaw you could eat. Once in a while, they would
do the same thing with Fried Clams... but the price for that jumped to
$1.99 pp.

I can remember making tubs and tubs of coleslaw right after school
getting ready for the Fish Fry. the ratio was 4-3-2-1: 4 carrots, 3
heads of cabbage, two medium onions through the grater and add 1 can of
HoJo's cole slaw dressing. The recipe could be adjusted depending on the
size of the cabbages, etc.

I worked at HoJo's during the school year and I loved it. During the
summers, I worked for the NY State Park Commission on the beaches. You
couldn't find better jobs for a kid in High School.

George L