Ice and New England Clam Chowda!

[603Skier]

Ok everyone. Look at the pluses or good points. At least skiing is possible among the bare ground all around. 100 years ago it would not happen.
Be happy and please remember here in the East if you can ski here, you can ski anywhere. Wait 10 minutes and the weather will change for the better trust me!
After all, this is Hard Cider and good ol New England clam chowda, not champagne and caviar.
Speaking of, sure would love a recommendation where I can get some good old classic home made clam chowda.
If you know any place where I can stop on my way home from skiing I would sure appreciate it.

 

[ScottySkis]

I don't know about that soup but I had a really delicious cup of French onion yesterday at Elk restaurant next to the lodge

 

[steamboat1]

Might be a bit out of your way but if you were heading south/west from Jay, Smuggs, Stowe or Bolton.

http://www.shantyontheshore.com/?page_id=7

 

[deadheadskier]

Um, I take it you are from NH with a name like 603Skier. VT is not the place for good clam chowder. Lots of great food to be had in VT.....but not seafood.

 

[snoseek]

Gilberts in portland

 

[VTKilarney]

Um, I take it you are from NH with a name like 603Skier. VT is not the place for good clam chowder. Lots of great food to be had in VT.....but not seafood.

Vermont is the place to get corn chowder.

 

[Mapnut]

Buy some soft-shell clams, potatoes, bacon (salt pork if you're a purist), an onion, milk and butter and make your own. Steam the clams and parboil the potatoes in the broth. At a restaurant you only get one bowl, and about 3 clams. I'm biased though, I have a place I can dig clams when I'm up in Maine.

 

[Talisman]

Buy some soft-shell clams .

Pretty good recipe, but traditional clam chowder is usually made with quahogs (hard shell clams) not soft shell clams. The larger sized quahogs are called "chowders" for this reason.

 

[deadheadskier]

Personally,

I prefer Little Necks to Quahogs for chowder. Quahogs have been commonly used over the years because they're not much good for anything except chowders or stuffing. They tend to be a little tough though. It's more expensive, but Little Necks are sweeter and more tender and make for better chowder. Only time I buy Quahogs is if I'm making stuffies.

 

[WoodCore]

I prefer Rhode Island style chowdah (clear broth) to New England style. Either way this chowdah talk is making me hungry! Might have to whip up a pot tonight.

 

[603Skier]

Ahhh, some good points. Vt corn chowder. I can see that. Portland Me sounds good, a little out of the way but net time I am there I will give Gilberts a try. As for making it, lots of work and a summer time thing when the flats open up at the coast. But well worth making at that time. A true lover has a few of those bent diggers hanging in their shed. Thanks all! I might head out to pick up some potatoes and clams myself very soon despite the season.

 

[steamboat1]

Little neck, top neck & cherry stone clams are all the same price by the dozen ($5.99 last I looked). At least by me that's the way they're sold. I know up in VT. they sell them by the pound which I could never understand. You get a lot more clam out of a cherry stone than out of a little neck for the same price. Personally I like eating raw cherry stones over little necks. I guess what you guys call quahogs are what I call skimmer clams. I mainly use them for fishing bait not personal consumption.

 

[Domeskier]

I like the NE clam chowder from Chunky's - conveniently located at your nearest supermarket!

 

[bigbog]

Ahhh, some good points. Vt corn chowder. I can see that. Portland Me sounds good, a little out of the way but net time I am there I will give Gilberts a try. As for making it, lots of work and a summer time thing when the flats open up at the coast. But well worth making at that time. A true lover has a few of those bent diggers hanging in their shed. Thanks all! I might head out to pick up some potatoes and clams myself very soon despite the season.

"Gilberts" I've seen mentioned in write-ups..but never there...
Also...*they might be closed till spring, however a good check forseveral Pine Point Rd places(Scarborough..just south of Portland).
One, more or less, families/ss_crowd/take-out, not fancy restaurant with everything except atmosphere = benches...is Ken's Place, but there are a few more real good places...*the names have escaped me right now..but web should show stuff, as well as others in Portland.
fwiw....

 

[VTKilarney]

"Gilberts" I've seen mentioned in write-ups..but never there...
Also...*they might be closed till spring, however a good check forseveral Pine Point Rd places(Scarborough..just south of Portland).
One, more or less, take-out restaurant with everything is Ken's Place, but with a check if open..there are a few more real good places...*the names have escaped me right now..but web should show stuff, as well as others in Portland.
fwiw....

Ken's place closed for the season on October 26th. It's one of our regular stops when in that area.

 

[bigbog]

Good news is they open up in March(sometime)....

 

[SkiFanE]

"Gilberts" I've seen mentioned in write-ups..but never there...
Also...*they might be closed till spring, however a good check forseveral Pine Point Rd places(Scarborough..just south of Portland).
One, more or less, families/ss_crowd/take-out, not fancy restaurant with everything except atmosphere = benches...is Ken's Place, but there are a few more real good places...*the names have escaped me right now..but web should show stuff, as well as others in Portland.
fwiw....

We go to the Gilbert's in No Windham - summers when at Sebago and sometimes in winter in way home from Sunday river. I'm not a chowder fan so can't vocuh for that (although if your establishments name is Gilbert's Chowder House it better be decent lol) - but it's reliable good food, pleases whole family and service is usually good. Good patio for summer.

 

[darent]

sayles seafood on nantucket, really good chowda!! look up web site and order, they ship.