Quahog

The name quahog (pronounced co-hog), or quahaug, is of American Indian derivation. The species is a native of N. America, with a range extending from Canada down to Florida, but has established for itself (via the kitchens of ocean liners) English colonies in Southampton Water and Portsmouth harbour; and has also been introduced to the south of Ireland and the basin of the River Seudre in France. The French, in deference to its American origin, call it ‘clam’.