CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

Outstanding work Ana !!!

RIP Senator and our good thoughts and prayers to the family

I agree with many who state that clam cakes can be lacking in flavor.
My first job at a drive in theatre, many, many decades ago was making clam cakes. Over the years, after much trial and error, I have found the key to be a rich liquid to mix the batter. That is the key to flavor and I have found steaming some quahogs, reserving the resultant liquid is great to flavor the cakes, then I grind up the "hogs" and add them to the mix. I have not had many complaints over the years !!! Use a clam based liquid to your mix or recipe rather than water, that is the key to flavorful clam cakes.

I also shudder at the thought of tomato in my clam chowder, LOL.
Also, when I cook chowder my recipe is quite similar, but I add a bay leaf or two; include a can of cream of celery soup; and include leeks in my chowder.
For my clam cakes, since the early 70's, I exclusively use the Kenyon's clam cake mix, stone ground at a small grist mill in Rhode Island near the University in a hamlet called Usquepaug.

Such a topic when i am famished and relish the thought of Summer !!!
Without hesitation I will nominate the Kreme 'n Kone, #1 for this clam-fanatic, there is no #2.

Happy to see that Clem and Ursies will be saved, it is a favorite place of ours when camping on the lower Cape

Great News and great article;
up here in Northern Rhode Island we have a good 9 power plants within a 25 mile radius or so; sure the stacks are not a thing of beauty, but the fact the computer is running means the power is being produced. It is high time to lessen our use of coal, natural gas and oil. Rhode Island seems next in line for a major offshore wind farm, so the future is now; a view of turbines on the horizon may not be great in a perfect world, but we have had the smokestacks for decades and decades; and in the count of 9 I am not even including Brayton Point and Sandwich.
We are all in this together and all need a "little" incovenience.

Let's see:
FREE WHOOPIE PIE WITH 8 GALLON FILL UP
Heck, how could you resist that type of promotion !!!

Of course, if I drive the 70 miles to the Cape, I will save .20 on the gas I will need by then AND get my Whoopie Pie

Darn you Buzz,
I sure don't need gas today, but now I am needing a Whoopie Pie

It certainly seems to an out-of-stater that there is an acidic relationship with Christy. All I can say To Mr. Mihos is come down to Rhode Island and I will gladly buy a Whoopie Pie for 2.79 gasoline

The only question is why are they not yet operating? We have the same situation in Rhode Island where there is planning for a land based array and an offshore array as well, my only comment is: Hurry Up !

Well, first I love Patti Page, since her "record" went round and round, how about the Orleans Rotary, the Patti Page Roundabout

If one looks closely at the photo, it appears the tow wrecker had pulled the crashed vehicle out of the roadside to straighten it, then he could swing to the front to tow the vehicle

Wow, I thought that government employee rudeness was limited to up here in Rhode Island !

Good photos Richard Copley of a sad fire. Saw too many of those in my career. Prayers for the injured lady and kudos to the Fire and Police

I can just imaging the traffic mess in Falmouth today, happened by the scene while visiting mother yesterday. Certainly good fortune that the massive center light did not fall upon any vehicle

Great article Tim, of a sad occasion that could have been so much worse

Many years ago my barber, rest his soul, told of a customer who came in month after month complaining about the firefighters sitting at the fire house. Then one month he walked in for a haircut and Carlo told him he had good news, the fire fighters would be busy that night at 8 PM. the man said why, Carlo said there was going to be a fire at his house, then the customer said NO NO NO and never again complained about the fire fighters. Let's face it, 90% of the calls are because someone has a problem, yes some may be minor, but nonetheless, they need some form of help

Those "rags" are very efficient at absorbing petroleum products and other liquids. Washing down the drain is very dangerouse, I am not an environmental nut, but some additives in gasoline for example, MTBE, can travel great distances and quickly and contaminate groundwater. It is wise to contain as quickly as possible then remove into sealed drums for proper disposal.

Good pics Richard
Welcome back and thanks for bring some warm air up with you !!!

Firefighter's work in teams and it is important to have a partner taking your back. Vehicle fires are a dangerous incident, not only because of "exploding gasoline". First there is the traffic issue, you wouldn't believe how many passersby "gawk" and have no clue how close they come to striking firefighters or apparatus, then there are the hidden dangers such as ice, pressurize "bumper" absorbers that can explode and cause serious injury as well as all the other pressureized items such as shocks, hood pistons, rear hatchback pistons, etc.
Firefighters work in teams and although it may look as if nothing is being done, if no one is in trouble, that is a good thing

Tim,
Keep up the good work, unfortunately do not get to the Cape as often as we would like, Mom lives in Falmouth and she says the same thing, LOL
Am a friend of R. Copley from Harwich,
This is a great site for real Cape info

Although not a resident, I love the Cape. Up here in Northern Rhode Island there are no less than 8 power plants, gas fired, within about a 15 mile radius or so. Clean wind power is vital to relieving our dependance on fossil fuels, sure, perhaps someone with binoculars may see the wind turbines on the horizon, but we have lived with the smoke stacks from our plants for decades and your neighbors in Sandwich have also. Everyone needs to their share, as we all use electricity.

Ladder Trucks serve a purpose far beyond "tall" buildings. Combination pumpers can carry only a couple of ground ladders. Trucks and carry a wide assortment of smaller ladders and many times carry extrication equipment and air supply support equipment. It is also much safer in winter ice to climb an aerial to a roof for ventilation manuvers even if only 2 or 3 stories high rather than ground ladders then climb off that onto a roof ladder.