Best place to buy (uncooked) clams? (Kingston: price, shop, farm)

[chezbowski]

South Side Seafood my best bet? Never been clams before... looking to start off on the right foot.

[bloominscranton]

Yes, South Side gets my vote...they have wonderful baked clams made there...so meaty!!!

[Lehigh Valley Native]

I assume you mean clams for steaming? Last I was at Wegman's, they had 50 farm raised little necks for 14.95.
Which isn't a bad price and they are very good.

[weluvpa]

Southside Seafood...Never had any problems with their products..

[ChosenReject]

Wegmans is pretty good but Southside is the best imo

[Simons]

Originally Posted by weluvpa

Southside Seafood...Never had any problems with their products..

I agree they are the best!

[frank754]

Maine Source on Rutter Ave in Kingston (just around the block from Exit 4 off 309) has a lot of good deals. If you had posted last week, they had a "group buy" for just 2 days for clams:
100 Middleneck Clams
2lbs Country Cream Butter
5lbs Salt Potatoes
Dozen Sweet Corn
All just for $32! 33% savings from the list price!

You have to go to their website or facebook site and sign up for emails

[fisheye]

frank754,

That sounds like a good deal! However; you mean littlenecks (don’t you)? I don’t think there is a middleneck? There is one size smaller than littleneck; that is countneck. Then the size above littleneck is topneck (which is a size down from cherrystone).

We always like the small ones. My local ShopRite runs specials from time to time. Right now the farm raised littlenecks are going for about $32/hundred. I’ll wait for another special.

Sometimes I’ll get the Maine farm raised clams. They are usually about littleneck size - but a brown shell. They are usually pretty good and considerably cheaper. They sometimes smell a little like the bottom of the bay.

I do like the Long Island little necks the best. However; there are now farmers that are producing them in other countries (I think the last one I bought came from Jamaica)? The Long Island clams taste like they come from sand and not mud. But; these new farm raised ones taste the same.

[Lehigh Valley Native]

There are also long necks, although I have yet to see them in stores in pa
They seem to be the steam clam of choice in new england. Although tasty, I can't get past.
eating a clam with what looks like a 3 inch penis.

[fisheye]

Lehigh Valley Native,

We always called those **** (common name for urinating) clams. Yes; they are popular in New England. They make clam chowder out of them and also serve them as steamers. They have a soft shell.

By the way; in Maine a lobster is not just a lobster. They have soft shelled lobster, soft shelled with one claw, hard shelled and hard shelled with one claw. Hard shelled and two clawed lobsters are more expensive because they have more meat. However; I think the soft shelled taste better. When lobsters first shed and grow the new shell it is soft and has room for them to grow. Maine also serves cold lobster rolls - something that did not catch on down here.

Probably, for somebody that is trying clams for the first time; I would start off with the Long Island littlenecks. They are a clean clam and have one of the best flavors.