Lobster-Clambake - Barbecuebible.com

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Ingredients: 8–10 lobsters, kept alive under wet seaweed; 8 pounds steamers (soft-shell clams), soaked in seawater for several hours, drained, and put in a wire basket or tied up in several layers of damp cheesecloth; 8–10 large potatoes, scrubbed and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth; 6 medium onions, loose skin removed, with an X cut in the root ends, and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth; 10 ears unhusked corn, soaked in seawater and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth; 3 pounds of spicy sausage (linquiça, chouriço, andouille, kielbasa), tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth; 3 sticks unsalted butter; Several yards of cheesecloth or wire baskets to hold the clams, corn, onions, potatoes, and sausage; Canvas tarp (at least 5 feet square when doubled over); Trash can or other container large enough to hold the canvas covered in seawater; Buckets for collecting seaweed; Seaweed (lots of it!); Shovels for digging (the more the merrier—it’s the pits to get stuck digging alone); Firewood; Large stones that haven’t been heated before; Iron rake, pitchfork, or boat hook; Heavy pan or saucepan with lid, for melting the butter

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This clambake recipe provides step-by-step instructions for building the fire and cooking the lobster, clams, corn, potatoes, sausage, and more.

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Ingredients

8–10 lobsters, kept alive under wet seaweed
8 pounds steamers (soft-shell clams), soaked in seawater for several hours, drained, and put in a wire basket or tied up in several layers of damp cheesecloth
8–10 large potatoes, scrubbed and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth
6 medium onions, loose skin removed, with an X cut in the root ends, and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth
10 ears unhusked corn, soaked in seawater and tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth
3 pounds of spicy sausage (linquiça, chouriço, andouille, kielbasa), tied in several layers of damp cheesecloth
3 sticks unsalted butter
Several yards of cheesecloth or wire baskets to hold the clams, corn, onions, potatoes, and sausage
Canvas tarp (at least 5 feet square when doubled over)
Trash can or other container large enough to hold the canvas covered in seawater
Buckets for collecting seaweed
Seaweed (lots of it!)
Shovels for digging (the more the merrier—it’s the pits to get stuck digging alone)
Firewood
Large stones that haven’t been heated before
Iron rake, pitchfork, or boat hook
Heavy pan or saucepan with lid, for melting the butter