Quahog - Mercenaria mercenaria

The nickname 'quahog' comes from the Narragansett tribe's word (Popquauhock) for this type of clam. I grew up eating these clams and they are very important in New England, especially along the coast. Locals call them 'quahogs', not 'hard clams'. When my grandparents got married, they survived on quahogs that my grandfather dug up. It was their only source of protein.

Habitat: Tide pool during low tide.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Do they taste good? Posted 6 months ago
1. Christine Young
  
  Lion
  
  No, lol. Many people love them, but I think they taste like chewy, gritty, metallic snot. Posted 6 months ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    I think this is why hot sauce was invented. Posted 6 months ago
  2. 1. Christine Young
      
      Lion
      
      For sure. Actually, a popular recipe is to pile breadcrumbs, butter, spices, and either lemon or hot sauce on top of the quahog. All that stuff is good, until you reach the quahog on the bottom. ;P Posted 6 months ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Yet still it is popular hehe. Posted 6 months ago

The Hard clam

The hard clam is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula. It is one of many unrelated edible bivalves that in the United States are frequently referred to simply as clams.

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Similar species: Venerida

Species identified by Christine Young