Here you go Tuna!!

[TunaHead]

Ahhhhhh!!! It's an East coast/West coast thing. In my corner of the country we'd call that an oyster barbeque. I live near Humboldt Bay which is the largest oyster producing bay in California. My buddy Todd owns Humboldt Bay Oyster Farm. The nearby town of Arcata holds an annual Oyster Festival every June. Todd had his own booth selling BBQ'd oysters in 2005 and 2006. Last year we had a crew of 12 cooking, shucking and serving oysters. By the end of the day we had served 7800 (at $5 per 3 oysters! Pretty good day for Todd cuz the crew were paid in free beer and oysters).

MJ, how do you do your Boston butts?

[macojoe]

I am not a Oyster man. I am a Soft shell guy Steamers!

I take 50 pounds and dump them in to a custom beer keg, I add 10 pounds Linquisa, 5 pounds Hot Dogs, 5 pounds each of Onion & Potatoes, and 10 pounds breakfast Sausage.

Steam the whole thing with lots of melted butter and there is a New England Clam Boil and what a feed it is!!

[Franco]

SHUT UP MJ! My wife is drooling over the thought of a New England Clam Boil! She lived on Aquidneck Island RI for many years and had many clam boils! She is liking you more than me right now!!!

[TunaHead]

MJ... are you single?

[willy]

Only in his mind Tuna

[macojoe]

TunaHead MJ... are you single?

Come this Friday it will be 27 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But I will be in Key West I took her out last night and gave her a nice hefty gift for to spend over the week I am gone, got to know how to handle them

Franco SHUT UP MJ! My wife is drooling over the thought of a New England Clam Boil! She lived on Aquidneck Island RI for many years and had many clam boils! She is liking you more than me right now!!!

We all had a talk here and if it was your last day alive and you could have any food you wanted, it was going to be the last taste in your mouth, what would it be?

I just told you above what mine is! My kids use to have contests when they were younger, to see who eat the most clams at one time, I think my son holds that record at 137!!
I am drooling as I right this!!

[TunaHead]

MJ, I need more details on the clam boil. My buddy just stopped by on his lunch break and I showed him the list of ingredients. We are going to do it for one of our guys nights. My friend who owns the oyster farm does not raise clams. he grows his oysters suspended in mesh bags hanging from racks in the bay. There is a natural spawn of steamer clams in Humboldt bay and they like to set up shop between the oysters. Todd culls out the clams and keeps them in separate bags when they clean the oysters. There are not enough clams for a steady commercial market so he just gives 'em away.

So any further details on the clam boil would be helpful (any liquid added, how much butter, ever add fresh garlic?)