It’s not just because of their appearance. When we’d look for the clams, walking along the water’s edge, we’d stomp our heel into the saturated sand. When one ‘pissed’, it gave a whole nest location away!!
lol different everywhere, up here (Canada) in the Quebec, Onttario area .. steamers are steamed hot dogs, they are delicious, you can’t get them everywhere, ever had one? The bun is soft from being steamed, the dogs are covered in favourties, like diced onions, sauerkraut,mustard,hot pepppers etc. we wouild travel miles to get them.. when I saw steamers, that is immediately what came to mind for me… NOT clams
Really? You know, despite my many trips to Canada, I don’t think I’ve ever had one. I’ll have to keep my eye out for them next time that I head north. Cheers!
Milford Street 
It’s embarrassing to say just how many steamers I can eat! (As a kid on Broad Channel, we used to call them piss clams. haha)
Yeah, they go down easy. I’ve never quite heard them called that before but understand why you’d call them that. Cheers!
It’s not just because of their appearance. When we’d look for the clams, walking along the water’s edge, we’d stomp our heel into the saturated sand. When one ‘pissed’, it gave a whole nest location away!!
I vaguely recall doing this with my grandfather. Cheers!
lol different everywhere, up here (Canada) in the Quebec, Onttario area .. steamers are steamed hot dogs, they are delicious, you can’t get them everywhere, ever had one? The bun is soft from being steamed, the dogs are covered in favourties, like diced onions, sauerkraut,mustard,hot pepppers etc. we wouild travel miles to get them.. when I saw steamers, that is immediately what came to mind for me… NOT clams
Really? You know, despite my many trips to Canada, I don’t think I’ve ever had one. I’ll have to keep my eye out for them next time that I head north. Cheers!
I’ve never been a clam fan but this is a cool catch 🙂
Thank you!
Hi Chris! What is a steamer? I don’t know and can’t find a good translation for it 😛
Thank you!
Ciao
Sid
It is a small clam that you steam and then eat by removing it from its shell and dousing it in melted butter. Yum!
Vongole 🙂
I love clams!!! Spaghetti with clams are super-super-yummy 😀
Cheers!
Sid
Cool, daddy-o. Kinda 50’s-ish.
Yes, that was the appeal to me. Cheers!