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Coldwater

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27. Living here in New England

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Fri Oct 3, 2025, 08:38 AM

Oct 3

I would tend to agree.

Not only do we have REAL Clam Chowder, but it's the best on Earth

Captain Parker's on Cape Cod,

Pier Union Oyster (now Union Oyster House) in Boston,

Legal Sea Foods throughout Massachusetts and the Northeast

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Manhattan clam chowder is not chowder! I'll say no more! [View all] Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2 OP

Chowder is a thick, chunky soup or stew, elleng Oct 2 #1

Manhattan clam soup! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 2 #2

It's really Brunswick Stew with clams instead of squirrel or chicken bucolic_frolic Oct 2 #3

😁 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #15

While I do like a good New England clam chowder Bluestocking Oct 2 #4

😊 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #16

New York Steak served in Montreal restaurants is the same as Montreal Steak served in New York restaurants. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2 #5

🤯 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #17

Dammit. Starting shit, again. marble falls Oct 2 #6

It's my gift! 😁 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #18

But a hot dog IS a sandwich n/t Alpeduez21 Oct 2 #7

🤔 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #19

What about Rhode Island Clam Chowder Floyd? irisblue Oct 2 #8

Soup! Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #20

That's my favorite! ❤️ terip64 Oct 3 #28

How bout Nova Scotia Hodge Podge? Vegetables cooked applegrove Oct 2 #9

Oh yum! 😋 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #21

New England over manhattan dweller Oct 2 #10

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #22

I like both--but then I like almost anything with clams, lol. mwmisses4289 Oct 2 #11

😋 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #23

New England clam chowder is my favorite soup, but I love Manhattan clam chowder, too--just not as much. tblue37 Oct 2 #12

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #24

I was schooled by a friend who came from a real clamming family EYESORE 9001 Oct 2 #13

😂 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #25

You feel the same way about projects, Floyd? True Dough Oct 2 #14

😵‍💫 Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #26

Living here in New England Coldwater Oct 3 #27

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I grew up on the Texas coast... Trueblue Texan Oct 3 #30

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you are spelling it wrong lapfog_1 Oct 3 #31

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There is a place in Newport that makes johnnyfins Oct 3 #32

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Oct 3 #36

Chowda? John Coktosten Oct 3 #33

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