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littleneck clam

NOUN
  1. a young quahog
  2. a quahog when young and small; usually eaten raw; an important food popular in New York

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  • I thought the world was my oyster, or at least my littleneck clam, but I found soon enough that the shimmering surface of unpaid drama festivals was just a thin veneer that covered a worm-ridden table beneath it, not to wear out my metaphoric welcome or anything. Me and Alfred Jarry at the 10-Minute Play Festival
  • Not only does the recipe say it serves 6 to 9 who can divide by 9?, but by my quick read, even if you settle on the 6-servings idea, making it for one would cause you to include a single chicken thigh, one lonely littleneck clam, one just-as-lonely mussel, a single jumbo shrimp and 1 1/2 ounces of rockfish, among other things. Cooking for One: Project Downscale
  • To finish the dish, he nestles littleneck clams into the corn, letting them steam open right in the pot, and showers the dish with chopped basil. Food52's Best Corn Recipes Showdown: Vote For The Best Dish
  • Littleneck clams from the East Coast are the smallest quahogs sold and get their name from Little Neck Bay on Long Island, which was once the most popular source for the half-shell trade.
  • But everything was right with a succulent crab cake jam-packed with real crab and without perceptible bread binding and with plump littleneck clams casino, warm under a dust of seasoned panko.
  • Better to order the soulful steamed littleneck clams in a broth livened by chorizo sausage, with a clever hunk of grilled cornbread to sop up the juices.
  • The many invertebrates here, such as littleneck clams and sand dollars, make good meals for vertebrates. Parasite Rex
  • White suggests foie gras torchons with spiced figs and sweet/spicy ormeasco mostarda; the Ligurian pasta called Trofie with shellfish ragout; pan-roasted cod with littleneck clams and watercress pesto; and a warm liquid-center chocolate coulant with stracciatelli gelato. Julie Mautner: Comfort and Joy
  • So I recently conjured up -- with considerable effort and not a little expense -- some fresh littleneck clams that I chopped with various other things, topped with bacon, and broiled on the half-shell. "Self-Defense" Cooking
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