If you enjoy cooking sea food such as lobster meat, mussels, crabs and clams in the traditional method, you will absolutely love clambake on the beach. Up and down the coast of New England, you will find festive occasions featuring this type of cooking. This clambake ritual consists of placing smooth stones into the center of a pit dug in the sand.

The wood for the fire is arranged on the rocks, ignited and allowed to burn to ash. The ashes are cautiously swept aside, allowing the hot rocks to cook the food. You should take care to make sure the fire will burn out briefly after the optimal cooking temperature is attained The ashes are then swept away from the stones and creased between them to build an insulating bottom.

Seaweeds from the shoreline are collected and then piled on these rocks. Layers of potatoes, onions, clams, lobsters and corn in the husks are then placed on top of the seaweeds. Another layer of seaweed is then added and a canvas moistened by seawater is placed over all of it. This keeps the heat in. The entire meal is then steamed for several hours. The result is a delicious feast which you will never forget.

It takes an entire day to do the cooking for a New England clambake. Some people think its fun to undertake the cooking themselves. Others, however, prefer to hire professional clambake caterers to do the work for them. Most cooks use a large pot for clambake cooking, because many areas won’t allow people to build fires on the beaches.

In a traditional New England clambake, the food is heated in a pit that is dug on the beach and lined with rocks. This method was in use in the New England area before the English arrived. There are other alternatives, like the New England Clam Boil, which uses a metal pot to cook the food, rather than a pit.

Lobster clambakes may be prepared in your own yard using a metal can, or in your kitchen with the use of a steamer”"that is, unless you hire a caterer to cook the meal in a special cooking vessel. Another option is to just purchase an already prepared clambake from a store.

If you enjoy cooking sea food such as lobster meat, mussels, crabs and clams in the traditional method, you will absolutely love a New England clambake on the beach. Up and down the coast of New England, you will find festive occasions featuring this type of cooking. This lobster clambake ritual consists of placing smooth stones into the center of a pit dug in the sand. The wood is arranged, ignited, and allowed to burn to ashes. Then the ashes are swept away, allowing the rocks to cook the food. Make sure the fire will quickly burn out after the right cooking temperature is reached.

- Matthew Lewis

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