On Thu, 15 Jan 2015 08:49:43 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>
> > wrote in message
> news >
> > That's fine - if you live in an area where they are available. I'd be
> > surprised if O could find fresh clams in her area, though she might
> > get lucky and find cockles which would make an excellent chowder. In
> > southern parts of the UK one might find something called Queens,
> > always hard to come by but delicious, something like a scallop.
>
> Canned clams are fine and probably easy for her to find. They also make an
> excellent clam chowder.
>
Agree. Agree with cockles too, it won't be *clam* chowder - but so
what? If she doesn't find any bivalves for her chowder, there are
plenty of other types of chowder to make.

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