We kicked off our summer with a true RI experience - clamming! Our class was held at North Kingstown town beach and was organized by DEM and taught by a 20 year shellfishing veteran. We learned a little about the background of clamming in RI, the shellfish industry, and the teacher's background and then they handed us rakes and sent us into the water.
In the hour we spend searching we hauled up about 40 clams of all sizes! The kids had a hard time with the rake so we teamed up: they rake lightly and found the clam, I used my muscles to get the rake down into the seabed under it, and then we dug them up together. I had no idea what a workout it would be -- I could barely move my arms the next day!
But we were rewarded with our own locally caught dinner!
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| Our haul! |
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| Jodie, the instructor, demonstrating how to shuck them and his method of cooking... our new favorite recipe! |
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| the instructor's haul! |
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