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clambake

[klam-bayk] / ˈklæmˌbeɪk /














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Hopefully you already know about this nutty clambake.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

Hundreds of years before Europeans arrived on New England shores, Native Americans created the clambake by digging pits in the sand to steam them with lobster.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2023

It’s such a joyful, carefree meal, whether or not you are at the beach this Labor Day weekend, this clambake will make it feel like a holiday.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022

“It was a clambake in the backyard. That was supposed to be a 250-person wedding.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2020

Indeed, one fireless cooker is constructed directly on the principle employed in the New England clambake, and every one knows the deliciousness of food so cooked has become proverbial.

From The Kitchen Encyclopedia Twelfth Edition (Swift & Company) by Anonymous




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