Update – 8/22/2008 – A reader (Steve) sent this link to the Thompson’s Clam Bar Jingle – enjoy – its great !!
http://odeo.com/episodes/44481
Back in the 1960s and 1970s we used to have a house in Wrinkle Point in West Dennis, MA. From time to time Dad would take us to dinner at Thompson’s Clam Bar in Harwichport at Wychmere Harbor. I loved going there. My sisters and I would beg for a Shrimp Cocktail and lobster. Dad would usually give in. Back then it seems a shrimp cocktail cost a fortune, but its rather reasonable to have one these days.
8 large shrimp, peeled and cleaned
crushed ice
1/2 cup of Ketchup
1 TBS Hot horseradish
teaspoon of lemon juice
dash of hot sauce
1 Tbs shrimp boil seasoning
Cook the cleaned shrimp just until they turn pink in four cups of water adding the shrimp boil seasoning just prior to putting in the shrimp. Remove/drain the shrimp and place in an icewater bath to stop the cooking. Combine the other ingredients in a bowl for the shrimp sauce. Fill shot glasses with the shrimp sauce and place in the middle of serving glasses filled with crushed ice.
Hang the shrimp on the edges of the glasses. Garnish with lemon wedge and some watercress if desired.
Enjoy!
I think I made thousands of pounds of that cocktail sauce the summer I worked there!! I’m glad to see that Thompsons Clam Bar touched so many lives. It was a Cape Cod classic!!
Well then – thanks for making such good cocktail sauce.
Oh, you bring back wonderful memories. I used to work at Thompson’s Clam Bar (where the tastiest Clams are)
That was my favorite plae on the Cape.
Miss it so much!
Oh my, you bring back awesome memories! I used to work at Thompson’s… Miss is so much
Know where I could get a great recipe for authentic tasting Cape Cod Clam Chowder?
My fondest memories are from the summer of 1966, spent in Harwichport, playing in the Cape Cod Baseball League. My paying “job” (no heavy lifting) along with a free cottage was to transport employees (98% female) to and from work to the Wychmere Harbor Club and Thompson’s Clam Bar. I got to meet all of them in the first two days because I had to drive them over to the police station to get their ID cards Yes. I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. Beyond belief to put it mildly. I remember the employee cafeteria but loved Thompson’s Clam Bar.
I now live in Florida and can only dream about the clam chowder and the good times. The solution is obvious. ROAD TRIP to Harwichport next summer. I’ll probably have to settle for the seafood because I wouldn’t have the strength for the other activities (nor baseball).