HOT DIGGITY CLAMS.(Food)(Grab a shovel, pick up a permit and dig in to an Oregon delicacy)(Recipe) From: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | Date: April 7, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Register Guard. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Jim Boyd The Register-Guard

FLORENCE - This is a good week to go clam digging. Morning minus tides are forecast through the weekend, making the six major species of clams that inhabit Oregon's tide flats and beaches easy targets for people who are hungry for steamed, fried or minced clams in chowder or fritters.

I know because I drove over to Florence three weeks ago to go clamming on the previous series of minus tides.

Freeman Rowe, a reti...