"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actually been repealed, although I can't confirm the latter.

:-)

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006 21:13:54 -0400, "John Gaquin"
wrote:

Rhode Island clam chowder? Never heard of such a thing!!

Have you ever been to Rhode Island?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message

...Never heard of such a thing!!

Have you ever been to Rhode Island?

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.

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

"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.