"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:30:52 -0400, John Gaquin wrote:


The two are not necessarily hand-in-hand. In point of fact I have been
to
RI often and regularly, literally thousands of times over the past 50+
years. Patronized restaurants, ordered New England Clam Chowder, can't
ever recall seeing RI style. Interesting.

I did find a reference to the Portuguese of Rhode Island and tomatoes,
with a little history of Manhattan Clam Chowder.

http://whatscookingamerica.net/Histo...tanChowder.htm

Hey....there's still a significant Portuguese community in Rhode Island. I
wonder if that's a clue.