The Birth of the Fried Clam | Trivia

7/3/1916
The fateful day when “Chubby” Woodman of Essex, Mass., became the first person to batter-fry a clam

5,000
Guests at the biggest clambake Woodman’s ever hosted (1938 in Marietta, Ohio)

0
Tweaks to Chubby’s original fried-clam recipe

300+
Family members who have worked at Woodman’s since 1916

1,620
Clams Woodman’s fried on a busy day in 1916

125
Customers in line to eat at Woodman’s on an average summer day

101
Family recipes in Woodman’s cookbook

3rd
On the list of significant events written on the back of Chubby and Bessie’s wedding certificate (after two sons’ birth dates):  “We fried the first clam.”

70  Cents
What Chubby charged for a basket of fried clams in 1916

75
Seconds it takes to fry a clam

Two Million
Fried clams Woodman’s now serves annually (plus steamers and chowder)