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#189818 - 03/07/08 12:23 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: JunieGirl]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Gardening Pro Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 9022 Loc: Worden, Illinois	hey--Jenn you got "mail"--a PM that is...... _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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#189834 - 03/07/08 01:12 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: JunieGirl]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	We don't have a pond, but we have a creek that runs the whole length of our property.. and we had some major flooding when all the snow melted. So maybe he got washed in from somewhere. I have no idea.. it is just funny.. and Courtney just thought it was awesome! _________________________
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#189849 - 03/07/08 02:09 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 15843 Loc: NB Canada	hmm, I always thought clams only came from salt water....I know they only do here. We dig them out of the sand with special clam shovels. If you would of eaten that clam, you might of been real sick. Shellfish spoils quick out of water. _________________________ Tamara's Photos I'm the keeper of the cows again.
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#189867 - 03/07/08 02:34 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: tamara]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	Well, I have no idea.. I don't think he was a salt water critter though.. Not in Ohio.. And you might be right.. he might not have been very good if I had eaten him.. Probably a good thing my daughter wouldn't let me. I swear that child would starve to death if she had to hunt/fish for her own food. Or at least become a vegetarian. _________________________
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#189871 - 03/07/08 02:40 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 15843 Loc: NB Canada	Oh my, fresh salt water clams are the best. I grew up on shellfish and seafood. Some of my uncles are lobster, scallop and clam fishermen. _________________________ Tamara's Photos I'm the keeper of the cows again.
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#189874 - 03/07/08 02:43 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: tamara]
JunieGirl JunieGirl Frogger Gardening Pro Registered: 10/13/06 Posts: 9022 Loc: Worden, Illinois	Originally Posted By: tamara hmm, I always thought clams only came from salt water....I know they only do here. We dig them out of the sand with special clam shovels. If you would of eaten that clam, you might of been real sick. Shellfish spoils quick out of water. nope we had freshwater clams--for sure in the area "pond" (they would call it a lake these day) and smaller ones in the creeks as well. _________________________ Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!! Still Praying for Cindy
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#189886 - 03/07/08 02:59 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: JunieGirl]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 15843 Loc: NB Canada	Gee, we have lakes and ponds here. Ya learn something new every day. _________________________ Tamara's Photos I'm the keeper of the cows again.
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#190088 - 03/07/08 08:48 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: tamara]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	I had no idea that we could have them in our creek... Very cool... I will have to send Courtney clam digging this summer.. _________________________
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#190146 - 03/08/08 06:57 AM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
Jiffymouse Jiffymouse Momma Mouse Garden Helper Registered: 08/29/02 Posts: 22632 Loc: Effingham County, GA USA Z 8b	freshwater mussels and clams are really good cooked over charcoal until they "pop" then have a sliver of salted butter or margarine pushed in them, cook a bit longer. good eats. _________________________ work done behind the scenes is usually the least noticed and the most important.
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#190170 - 03/08/08 08:32 AM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: Jiffymouse]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Gardening Pro Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 9389 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	Jiffy Not a moment too soon......I made stuffed clams for supper last nite , and they were delicious.. I never ate a clam before. Saw them in the dollar store. Dollar for 2 stuffed frozen clams. So I figured that is cheap , why not . We liked them.. Now I can clam up.. _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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#190223 - 03/08/08 09:43 AM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: dodge]
tamara tamara NORTHERN STAR Garden Helper Registered: 06/04/03 Posts: 15843 Loc: NB Canada	Here we are allowed to dig 100 clams per day. There used to be no limit before but they were becoming scarse. Mussels can be picked by the crates.... _________________________ Tamara's Photos I'm the keeper of the cows again.
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#191342 - 03/11/08 10:59 PM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: dodge]
Pinkhorseofcourse Pinkhorseofcourse Wild Willow Great Gardener Registered: 04/17/06 Posts: 692 Loc: Rolling Hills of SE Ohio	Originally Posted By: dodge Jiffy Not a moment too soon......I made stuffed clams for supper last nite , and they were delicious.. I never ate a clam before. Saw them in the dollar store. Dollar for 2 stuffed frozen clams. So I figured that is cheap , why not . We liked them.. Now I can clam up.. You bought them at a Dollar Store? Like Dollar General?? Or the Dollar Tree? I want to try some too! But I bet we won't have them.. that is an awesome price huh?? _________________________
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#191415 - 03/12/08 10:14 AM Re: PICS!! What IS this? A mussel? My daughter just found i [Re: Pinkhorseofcourse]
dodge dodge Hot Rod Gardening Pro Registered: 10/06/05 Posts: 9389 Loc: Rural - Western Pennsylvania	I think the store just said The dollar Store Not bad at all. _________________________ PS... My horse isn't here, this is my Nitemare..
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