2005-06-21
ANNUAL SHAD BAKE
Moodus Sportsman's Club's yearly summer feast is this weekend | Sunday 26 June 2005 | The event starts at noon |
Fresh boned shad baked on maple planks over an open pit fire |
If you think shad is not to your liking, there's fresh shucked clams, roasted chicken, game stew, chowder, ...hot dogs for the kids ...beer for the grownups | Oh! ...and enjoy a game of horseshoes, too!
native Connecticut tribes and became an important commercial resource for European colonials | Shad meat and roe were eaten fresh locally or sold in the United States and Europe | Exported shad were generally salted and packed in barrels | At the club's Shad Bake they are carefully baked and served fresh and hot |
Incidentally, this year is a lean year for shad | Shad migrating up the Connecticut River to spawn this spring is likely to be the smallest run in three decades | You are getting a bargain at the price |
Finally, here's a set of maps on how to get there | ¶ 08:27
Moodus Sportsman's Club's yearly summer feast is this weekend | Sunday 26 June 2005 | The event starts at noon | Fresh boned shad baked on maple planks over an open pit fire |
If you think shad is not to your liking, there's fresh shucked clams, roasted chicken, game stew, chowder, ...hot dogs for the kids ...beer for the grownups | Oh! ...and enjoy a game of horseshoes, too!Shad fishing has a long history in Connecticut | They were an important food source forI've still got tickets |
Adults $15
Kids under 12 $ 5
e-mail me will.brady@gmail.com
native Connecticut tribes and became an important commercial resource for European colonials | Shad meat and roe were eaten fresh locally or sold in the United States and Europe | Exported shad were generally salted and packed in barrels | At the club's Shad Bake they are carefully baked and served fresh and hot |Incidentally, this year is a lean year for shad | Shad migrating up the Connecticut River to spawn this spring is likely to be the smallest run in three decades | You are getting a bargain at the price |
Finally, here's a set of maps on how to get there | ¶ 08:27
