The daily Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1961-current, February 20, 2020, Image 17

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Newspaper Page TextFoOd fOr a rAiNy dAy Stay inside with steamed clams BY DAVID CAMPICHE I t’s illuminating to imagine the Columbia River in 1790, two years before the arrival of Capt. Robert Gray and the Columbia Rediviva. Yes, before, when the only foot- prints on this land were those of the Chinook people. It’s inspiring to imagine the cooking ﬁ res in and outside the cedar plank lodges of these First Peoples. What, you may ask, was being prepared over those campﬁ res? The answer is an amazing cornucopia of fresh, spine-tin- gling edibles that were gathered from land and sea. Meanwhile, Gray’s sailors ate a diet consisting mostly of salt-pork, hardtack and grog. Most everybody on the ship contracted scurvy. Photos by David Campiche See Page 19 LEFT: Clams, noodles and nectar. RIGHT: Little neck clams. BELOW: Members of Chinook Indian Nation on the Columbia River. CL SOP C L AT SO P STIB UT IN G STI BUT D I STIBUT C O. C O. 18 // COASTWEEKEND.COM WE DISTRIBUTE DISTRIBUTE MANY MANY PACIFIC PACIFIC NORTHWEST NORTHWEST BREWS: BREWS: WE LOCALLY OWNED - LARRY PERKINS, RON & KIM WILLIAMS 1375 SE 12th Place, Warrenton, OR 97146 503-861-4275 Astoria Brewing Company Astoria Oregon