>>>Clam strips (invented by HJ), maybe.
>
>Weren't those the "tendersweet" clams? ;-)
Yes.
>I think they invented clam "strips" because it was a way of freezing them
>and shipping them all over to their restaurants without worries about
>shellfish bacteria, etc....esp without the bellies.
They are cut from large sea clams which before that were close to
unsalable. Different animal from the softshells one uses to make real
fried clams. You are correct that they are shipped frozen, which you can't
do with softshells.