HUNGRY GERALD

Sofia Riva, her friend, Julia, and other members of the Freeman/Riva families  drove to the shore of St. Mary’s Harbour (close to Panmure Island). They were there to harvest clams. Using their toes to find the clams they had a stupendous harvest—literally hundreds of little necks. So, of course, dinner at the HG/BSK/RIVA Prince Edward Island oceanfront home was “spaghetti con vongole”—bowls of briny deliciousness with tiny bits of clam and lots of good bread to soak up the juices. There were some larger clams and they were used for an appetizer of clams casino. The meal reminded HG of Fire Island many years ago when the unpolluted Great South Bay beckoned HG/BSK and palsl to harvest scores of lush cherrystones. HG owned a nifty clam opener so there were feasts of raw clams on the half shell; clams casino,clams oreganata ,clams posillipo and–no surprise–“linguine con vongole’.