"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:21:19 -0400, "John Gaquin"
wrote:

"Manhattan style clam chowder"

Isn't that oxymoronic? :-)

Not at all. Any well rtaveled northeasterner knows there are three
kinds of clam chowder: Manhattan, New England and Rhode Island. RI
chowder is kind of a cross between NE and NYC, thicker base like NE,
but with tomatoes.


Oh....wait....creamy, but slightly red, like lobster bisque? We'd better as
Mr. Gaggin if that's authentic.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message


Rhode Island clam chowder? Never heard of such a thing!! Eaten with "clam
cakes", I suppose? :-)

I did hear that back in colonial times, after Mr. Williams left
Massachusetts Bay Colony to set up his own colony, the Mass Bay Colony
elders allowed that any resident of the Massachusetts Bay Colony observing a
Providence colonist (Rhode Islander) entering Massachusetts could shoot said
Rhode Islander on sight. I've also heard that this statute has never
actually been repealed, although I can't confirm the latter.

:-)

Wayne.B wrote:
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:21:19 -0400, "John Gaquin"
wrote:

"Manhattan style clam chowder"

Isn't that oxymoronic? :-)

Not at all. Any well rtaveled northeasterner knows there are three
kinds of clam chowder: Manhattan, New England and Rhode Island. RI
chowder is kind of a cross between NE and NYC, thicker base like NE,
but with tomatoes.

Yes, exactly. And I'd like to try some good RI clam chowder. Never had
it, and it sounds delicious!