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Roast Clams in the Shell

Name: Roast Clams in the Shell
Cuisine: Southern American
Ingredients: clams in shells; butter; pepper; very little salt

A historical main dish from The White House cook book; a comprehensive cyclopedia of information for the home .. (1913). Can be cooked in a pan over hot fire, in a hot oven, or at a 'Clam Bake' on hot stones. Recipe attributed to Rye Beach.

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Original Historical Recipe

Preserved exactly as written in the original source

Original Ingredients

clams in shells
butter
pepper
very little salt

Original Instructions

1
Roast in a pan over a hot fire, or in a hot oven, or, at a 'Clam Bake,' on hot stones
2
when they open, empty the juice into a sauce-pan; add the clams, with butter, pepper and a very little salt

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