Clambake - An informal beachfront meal consisting of a variety of seafoods and other foods like, corn-on-the-cob, potatoes, etc. They are cooked on an open pit of hot rocks and seaweed that are covered with wet canvas.
Clambake: A true sign of the end of summer is the clambake. A clambake involves steaming clams, mussels, lobsters, corn and potatoes in seaweed under hot rocks all day. First used by New England’s Native Americans.
The clambake, invented by Native Americans on the Atlantic seaboard and considered a traditional element of New England cuisine, ...
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Clambake: often considered to be an activity at the seashore, clambakes are events that may be picnics or evening parties where clams and a variety of other foods are steam-baked.
"Even if you don't live at the beach, you can enjoy an impressive backyard clambake. Simply substitute a combination of greens and damp cheesecloth for seaweed, firewood for driftwood and heavy duty aluminum foil for the traditional sand covering.
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The word as now used includes almost every type of informal, outdoor meal or festivity, such as clambake, barbecue, or fish fry.
The original form of covered cooking is the earth oven, simply a covered pit with a fire built in it, demonstrated in techniques such as the Polynesian umu, the central Asian tandoori, and the Native American clambake.
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