Poster: belMarduk
I don't know about the clambake idea wow. The last time I went to a clambake the entire meal tasted, well actually gritted, of sand. Give me a big ole pot to cook corn and lobster in anytime.

Dear belM, Please, oh please, tell me you weren't on the New Hampshire or Maine seacoast when you got the gritty lobster and clams ... ... That should NOT happen if "bake" properly prepared.
To be at the beach, the tang of salt in the air, the unique aroma of lobster and clams mingled with fresh-picked corn and new potato; to see the seaweed raked aside, the wonderful succulent contents brought forth .... to sit on a sun-warmed rock and watch the sun go down, and infuse the tastebuds with white lobster meat .... ohmygawd!
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Where, oh where is summer ?
wow
P.S. Lacking summer, I'll take lobster any way I can get it. Fortunately we have a Lobsterman in the family!