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Re: Weekly Vocab 9

From:Sally Caves <scaves@...>
Date:Thursday, May 29, 2003, 4:59
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From: "John Cowan" <cowan@...>


> Herman Miller scripsit: > > > "I well remember the reprimand I received from a New England shipmate
when
> > I applied the informal scientific term "clam" to all bivalved mollusks
(to
> > him a clam is only the steamer, _Mya arenaria_): "A quahog is a quahog,
a
> > clam is a clam, and a scallop is a scallop."" > > Thanks.
Okay I know how scallops and clams taste, but what does a quahog taste like? and how do you prepare it? And where can you get it? Sally Caves scaves@frontiernet.net Eskkoat ol ai sendran, rohsan nuehra celyil takrem bomai nakuo. "My shadow follows me, putting strange, new roses into the world."

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