Nantucket trusts a clam to predict how much longer winter will be around. Quentin the Quahog disagrees with the groundhogs.
They gave the clam the name "poquauhock," which was later anglicized to quahog. Per the lore, chowders as a gastronomic class ...
I WAS BORN IN BOSTON, BUT THIS IS HOME ... AND I’M A MEMBER OF THE WAMPANOAG TRIBE OF GAY HEAD AQUINNAH. THE QUAHOG IS A BIVALVE. IT’S A MARINE CLAM. IT’S SLOW GROWING.