My husband and I have always lived near water, along one coast or the other. And, at least along the East coast, summer means multiple visits to eating establishments that dot the shoreline, with words like Cap’n, Barnacle, Shanty, Shack or Hut somewhere in their name. When we were first married we used to go to Cap’n Franks.
The Cap’n served up all the regular stuff like fried clams, shrimp, scallops and onion rings, but they also made amazing little baskets of fried mixed vegetables. We loved them. The small grease stained cardboard box came with onions, zucchini, eggplant, and these golden nuggets. The mushrooms were the prizes inside every order; just biting down through the crunchy batter into the chewy juicy mushroom still puts me in a seaside mood.
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