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Which Beach Food is Best?

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Fish and chips. Photo: jwannie, Flickr
We have joked (on more than one occasion) that if a rotted crab washed up on the beach of Brooklyn's notoriously less-than-pristine Coney Island and someone deep-fried it, we'd eat it.

As many psychiatrists will tell you, there is a hint of truth in all humor. There's just something so ... right about eating artery-clogging fried food oceanside. And per the folks at Concierge.com, who have just compiled a list of the world's 13 best beach foods, "to eat greasy French fries (or fried clams, or even fried dough) on the beach is human."

Perhaps it's the fact that sand cannot penetrate an armor of deep-fried batter (ever tried to eat a sandwich on the beach?). Or we could wax poetic and say the color of fried food was inspired by the shore itself. What's more likely, however, is that fried food stands line most boardwalks, at least in the United States, so it's what we eat -- just as we would a hot dog at the ballpark.

But that's just America. Adcock's "best of the world" list includes sausage and eggs in England, paella in Spain and fish tacos in Maui.
Which beach food is best?
Hot dogs72 (13.2%)
Fried clams149 (27.3%)
Sausages20 (3.7%)
Corn dogs58 (10.6%)
Burgers31 (5.7%)
Fish 'n chips141 (25.9%)
Other74 (13.6%)

[Via Concierge.com]

Filed Under: Lists
Tags: beach food, concierge.com, fried food, frying, shellfish, summer

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Reader comments (Page 1 of 1)

gabrielle

7-31-2009 @8:57AM gabrielle said... I say seafood should be consumed at the beach. Fried clams, oysters, fish and chips, fish tacos, etc. all make sense and sound wonderful to me.
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Rob O.

7-30-2009 @5:25PM Rob O. said... Fish tacos are a must!
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Peter

7-30-2009 @6:08PM Peter said... Definitely fried clams, but they MUST be the full soft clams with bellies, not those nasty clam strips. Fried fish would be next and better yet, cod cheeks if you can find them. YUM!
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jay

7-31-2009 @2:20AM jay said... Arepas! as a South Floridian I would have to say it's a great beach treat
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CB #1

7-31-2009 @2:36PM CB #1 said... In the late '60's we lived on Deep Fried Tortills strips covered with a rich red sauce. This was in Huntington Beach, CA.
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Sally G

8-02-2009 @9:57PM Sally G said... Fresh Jersey corn and tomatoes—as fresh from the garden/farm as possible, with a touch of salt and some butter for the corn—yum!
fresh fruit—blueberries, peaches, watermelon, you name it.
Homemade gazpacho—salad and soup in one.
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