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praire
warty venus clams
Praires, or warty venus clams, are caught in the Atlantic and amd are expensive, although the catch is strictly regulated. They are usually eaten raw but sometimes baked with garlic butter.
A praire plate, palourde plate, quahog or simply clam are the flat clams introduced from America in 1917. They thrive in the mouth of the Charente River. Also see palourde
Text © Dana Facaros
Image by Hans Hillewaert