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Tuesday, August 7, 2007
I've been playing hookeyGone fishin'...
M.I.A. (missing in action)
I went off to the seashore and and I left my camera home no less :(
I was visiting my friend, Vicki in Cape May, New Jersey, who owns The Merion Inn.
The Inn has been winning and dining folks and all-round general whooping it up
since 1885!
It's a restaurant, not an "inn"
but you feel like you should put on your Gibson Girl hat and gloves
when you enter the premises - it's very Victorian.
And their Strawberry Shortcake is nothing to sniff at either!
But the sole purpose of my little hiatus, my MISSION was to have the
STEAMED CLAMS of my childhood...
I nearly drove Vicki mad with my constant blather,
WHERE ARE THE G-D STEAMED CLAMS in this G-D adorable town!?
We did have so-called "steamed" Little neck clams
and on a floating skooner too,
at the Lobster Net or Lobster Nest or some such place...
And I had clams on the half shell there too - they were Little necks,
NOT CHERRY STONES! :(
At The Merion Inn I ate nothing but CLAMS CASINO 2 nights in a row,
which are the best clams casino I've ever had.
No one in all of Cape May has any idea what STEAMERS are either :(
They are NOT Quahogs! Grrrrrrrrr
As soon as we hit town last night I made a B-line for first my camera
And then to Black Pearl on 37 West 26th Street (NYC!)
to have a mess of STEAMED CLAMS, served with their broth and drawn butter.
I had half a dozen CHERRYSTONE CLAMS too just for good measure.
Then I headed home to recover from achieving MY MISSION at last !
Oh, by the way, did I mention they do have macaroOns in Cape May?
AND very beautiful beaches...
The Inn has been winning and dining folks and all-round general whooping it upsince 1885!
It's a restaurant, not an "inn"but you feel like you should put on your Gibson Girl hat and gloves
when you enter the premises - it's very Victorian.
And their Strawberry Shortcake is nothing to sniff at either!But the sole purpose of my little hiatus, my MISSION was to have the
STEAMED CLAMS of my childhood...
I nearly drove Vicki mad with my constant blather,
WHERE ARE THE G-D STEAMED CLAMS in this G-D adorable town!?
We did have so-called "steamed" Little neck clams
and on a floating skooner too,
at the Lobster Net or Lobster Nest or some such place...
And I had clams on the half shell there too - they were Little necks,
NOT CHERRY STONES! :(
At The Merion Inn I ate nothing but CLAMS CASINO 2 nights in a row,
which are the best clams casino I've ever had.
No one in all of Cape May has any idea what STEAMERS are either :(
They are NOT Quahogs! Grrrrrrrrr
As soon as we hit town last night I made a B-line for first my cameraAnd then to Black Pearl on 37 West 26th Street (NYC!)
to have a mess of STEAMED CLAMS, served with their broth and drawn butter.
I had half a dozen CHERRYSTONE CLAMS too just for good measure.Then I headed home to recover from achieving MY MISSION at last !
Oh, by the way, did I mention they do have macaroOns in Cape May?AND very beautiful beaches...
I highly reccommend visiting.
Just be sure and eat your steamers before you leave home :)
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