Now here's something I just can't do: bring myself to think about fried clams on November 1. November is the time for apples and Thanksgiving and football. Fried clams belong in July or August, the months of humidity, beaches, and sides of cole slaw.
But today is National Deep Fried Clams Day (not really sure why the word "deep" has to be in there). Confuse your family tonight by insisting they go to a seafood place and order fried clams and nothing else. Or use one of these recipes: this one from Gourmet uses clam strips, while this one from RecipeZaar uses the bellies too.

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11-01-2007 @11:07AM Peter said... Being from a New England family:
Deep Fried Clam Strips != Deep Fried Clam Bellies!
Clam strips are made from the foot of sea clams (yuck!). Clam bellies are the ONLY way to serve deep fried clams. Period. :)
-Peter
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11-01-2007 @1:58PM Philpott said... Something tells me that the general public would eat something called a 'strip' before eating a 'belly.'
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11-01-2007 @4:44PM wes said... Being far from the eastern shore, I pine for Fried Clams from the deep or the shallow. I always thought
clam strips were made from cardboard. Amazing the things you learn here.
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