They'll crack them, and then they'll put them into a brine solution to salt-roast them in the shell as the nut is heated," Hudson says, "kind of a lot like salt-roasting in-the-shell peanuts."

Fried razor clam is also a good choice. You can enjoy your time by sipping the wine slowly, recollecting the pleasant flavor of the story about the old house.

Now that it was dead, however, I was jolly well going to eat it — so we spent all evening smoking and salting the meat to supplement our meagre supplies.