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 HN> Amanda went out yesterday to a research site she has down in marin
 HN> County  ( Inverness) on Tomales Bay...she said she gathered 115 or so
 HN> "Big Fatty  ones" in a very short time...so it looks like the
 HN> population is building quite  rapidly!

No wonder her research is well funded - it sounds like it's
needed, and just in time.

 -> Lots of useful things in the mudflats, from clams and oysters
 -> to those lovely metallic-iridescent nereid worms.
 HN> Yup...but they ARE hard to traverse! 

I don't remember whom I first went critter hunting with in
mudflats, but I do remember having difficulty keeping my
gumboots on. You take a step, and the mud goes schloooop
and tries to pull them off, so you twist your foot to get
out of it, and you nearly fall down. A most improbable and
inhospitable habitat!

 HN> She says she's seen a chemical analysis of it but can't remember
 HN> where. She  said if you put litmus paper on the philine itself you'd
 HN> get a ph reading of  close to 1 which is pretty darn acidic but she
 HN> says it "buffers" out in the salt 

Not sure about what buffers it, but it certainly must dilute.

 HN> water very quickly...however she did admit that her hands were itchy
 HN> and  burning after catching her 100+ in one morning.
 
'ats'a what gloves are for.

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      Title: Doug's Clam Chowder^h^h^h^h^h^h^ Soup
 Categories: Chileheads, Seafood, Soups
      Yield: 8 servings

      2 sl Thick cut bacon, or salt
           Pork
      2 c  Onions, chopped medium
      2 c  Chopped potatoes, medium
      1 c  Chopped carrots
      1 c  Celery, chopped
      2    Jalapenos chopped fine
      2    Habs, chopped fine....WEAR
           GLOVES  or suffer!!
      6    Garlic cloves, peeled and
           Chopped
      2 qt Fish stock
      1 cn Tomato soup
      1 cn Rotel or similar tomatoes
     14 oz Can of clams with nectar..
           From Thailand is great!
           Salt & fresh black pepper
           Ground chile powder
           Thyme, rosemary, and
           Cilantro

  Chop up the bacon or the pork  and simmer slowly, until fat is
  released. Chop up bacon, add onions, garlic, peppers, and simmer in
  the fat, add the bacon back into the pot, along with the fish stock,
  cook this for about five minutes, and add the vegetables. Cook this
  until the vegetables are tender and add the tomato soup, undiluted,
  cook some more, and add the tomatoes, and about five minutes before
  serving add the can of clams.

  I also added about 3/4 lb of fresh cod, chopped up along with the
  clams....season to taste, and add the herbs...let sit for about five
  minutes, make soda bread, or tea biscuits, or just fresh home made
  bread or whatever...sea biscuits are fine(if you soak em) Do the tea
  biscuits, or soda bread while the chowder is cooking!

  Great stuff..cheers, Doug in BC

  From: Doug Irvine; Chileheads Mailing List

  Format by Dave Drum - 17 December 98
  FROM: Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen

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