On Sun, 20 Jul 2014 20:06:04 -0400, James Silverton
> wrote:

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>Glad to know the clams were frozen and not canned, although I'd not know what
>makes the difference between the two preservation methods.

The difference is like night and day, flash frozen are as close to
fresh dug as it gets, canned by comparison won't even make good chum.
You can still buy frozen clams. Sold all over NYC:
http://doxseelegend.com/LONG%20ISLAN...ea_clam_co.htm

I can buy decent live shellfish he
http://www.ginsbergs.com/general-inf...s-information/