Friday, July 25, 2008

Piss Clam for Dinner??

After dinner with a friend in Cobble Hill (Brooklyn) last night, we came upon this sign outside PJ Hanley's, a restaurant bar on the corner of Court Street and 4th Place. It was a sign advertising the dinner special for the day: lobster roll and piss clams. PISS CLAMS? It doesn't sound very appetizing, does it?

So have you ever had piss clams? Would you be interested to try them?

N.B.: Click here if you are interested to find out what piss clams are.

22 comments:

Virginia said...

NO and NO. Lobster rolls? Oh Yes!

Hilda said...

What a name!

I just read the link—now I'm hungry.

Neva said...

Piss Clams???I don't think so!!! talk about your bad advertising ....I think this is it!

Olivier said...

j'adore les clams, enfin j'adore tous les fruits de mer. par contre, je sais pas ce que veux dire "Piss".
Bon appétit et bon weekend

I love clams, finally I love all seafood by cons, I know not what want to say "Piss."
Bon appetit and good weekend

USelaine said...

OMG! Gives "please pass the vinegar" new meaning.

Jilly said...

I thought it must be an error! Glad you gave the link.

PeterParis said...

Fortunately you made the link! Yes, now I would like to try!

tigerfish said...

Hahhaa....a clam that piss?....hahahha!

Anonymous said...

No thanks. I would walk right on by.

Have a nice weekend,

Abraham Lincoln
—Brookville Daily Photo

NYD said...

Piss clams, no. Crusty crabs, yes.

Really liked yesterday's photo. Sammy looks like he could cook up heaven and put it on a plate.

Dorothy said...

I don't think so Ming ..never heard of these kind of clams.....I'll have to do some research...if I don't find them, I will think this a "gimmic" and it worked...look at all the attention they are getting :)

Ken Mac said...

What's next? Dung frijoles?

Anonymous said...

Couldn't resist checking out the link. Never heard of them by that name - and I grew up in Maine. But there it is - on the link and another link from Google: weloveclams...... But advertised like that? Hmmmmmm.

Happy summer week-end. Is it beach time in NYC? Really hot in CA.
Doris

Knoxville Girl said...

maybe I'd try them after I'd had a Corona Bucket from the place next door.

Shammickite said...

I'm not a great fan of clams... piss style or otherwise!
But I like clam chowder.

Shammickite said...

I tried to send the comment 3 times... it didn't seem to go through, so my humble apologies if you get 3 comments to same!

Gecko said...

Hmm, no thanks...I just ate. I'm sure of it.

NormanTheDoxie said...

Thanks for educating me on piss clams :-)

Elliot had linguine and clams the other night for dinner, though I don't think they were piss clams.

• Eliane • said...

I have never heard of this. But next time a client invites me to lunch, I'll make sure to order this.

Jane Hards Photography said...

Piss clams! Nah! Some days I'm so glad I'm veggie and I'm not taking the piss clam.

Unknown said...

I think I will try piss clams. :-)

but lobsters, I think I might give it a miss after watching discovery channel.

Anonymous said...

Piss clams are just long necked steamers. They call them piss clams because if you step on them, they squirt