Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-01-11
A REAL CLAM-BAKE.
DIFFERENT FROM BAKED CLANS
AS DAY FROM NIGHT.


Sound CIams-The Manner Told by Emma
Abbott PrinsIe. to the Manor Born. in Oc'
tOber "Westernsr."
Do you know how to give a clam
bake-a delate This word is Chinook
and is synonymous with genuine
Ed Siwash fashion clam. bake? No7
Then let one who has hobnobbed with
Indians all her Native. Daughter of.
Washington life tell you how to 60
about it.
First. as May Irwin would say, you
must catch your clam. You will lose
half the joy of the undertaking ii you
purchase the bivalves at so much a
bucketful, SO make up your mind to
dig them yourself.
Arm yourself with q light spade
and a capacious pail; don your oldes,
and shortest gown-and even bloomers
if you are fortunate enough to possess
such an article OF apparel; divest your.
self of hosiery and put on pair of old
rubbers. Then, with the jolliest com.
paDions you can find, 60 forth in the
cool OF the early morning when the
tide is low, and, If you follow my di'
rection religiously, you can work ur
the best case of enthusiastic excite.
ment il has been your lot to exper.
fence in many long day-an excite
ment that will Danish the worst case
of dyspepsia or OF the blues that evel
attacked hungry sufferer.
Walk leisurely along a sandy beach
that is dotted with little pools left By
the outgoing tide. Suddenly a tiny
jet of water will shoot high into your
face with startling effect. But the
squirt tells yon that a juicy bivalve il
lurking. Investigate, and you will
see in the sink a small hole from
which the water was elected through
the CLAIMS long, muscular neck. Look
closer, and if you see in the same vi
cinity other tiny holes, all breathing
as if with lie and sending up occa
sioDal tiny etreams of water, you may
know that you have stumbled upon a
whole family of CLANS who are boring
deeper and deeper into the sand at the
sound of your rubber-clad feet. But
seldom do they burrow further than
ten inches, so 60 after them. Thrust
your shovel into the sand; put your
foot upon the implement in real inele
CANT fashion; throw your weight on
the shovel, then turn up q spadeful
of sand in which there should be hid
den at least one clam. Keep on dig
ging, for your efforts will be rewarded
As you turn up the wet sand, claw the
CLAIMS from it with your fingers, WASH
the catch in the water that will FL
the clam hole, and throw them into
your pail.
If you are fortunate, you will fine
not only family of CLANS, but perhaps
the family is giving q pink-tea and
you may capture, not commonplace
school, but the family's whole exclu
sive circle Of acquaintauces.
As the digging continues, the excite
ment will grow. Even when your pal
is filed to overaowing you will fint
yourself 10th to leave a task that BY
this time you have discovered to be 4
fascinating recreation and as goot
sport as fly.ishing. In your excite
ment, you will dig the clam hol,
larger and larger; and, if you are thor
oughly human, you will pin you
skirts between your knees, wade init
the hole, and drag tho water with you
hands go that mono OF the CLANS ma,
elude you.
! Now that you have the clans,
will tell you how to prepare them 81
that they will be moro palatable thar
the nectar OF the gods. First, cove
them with either salt or fresh water
and they will clean themselves of sane
and grit by drawing in the wste
through their long necks and ther
squirting it out. They will become
thoroughly clean in three or fou
hours if the water is changed severa
times. For baking, select the small
clans from two TO three inches il
length and have them as uniform il
size as possible.
Have your clambake on moon
light evening in September or October
for in these months and 10 early spring
CLAIMS are at their prime, although
there is no out" season for the Puge
Sound bivalve. Besides, in the chill
days of late autumn and early spring
when outdoor pleasures are few,
clam.b bake will be pleasing diversion
for your friends, and the air, at thes
seasons, will give the most antagonis
tic "inlander" an appetite for ou
Western edible.
Give your bake on q smootl
beach with q background OF frs tina
will show mystically gloomy in th
moonlight, and your setting will b.
ideal.
To prepare your "oven." scoop
shallow hole in the sand and line i
with smooth, fiat rocks, fitting then
as carefully as possible so that Their
will be no crevasses for the sand Il
LEAK through. Then build q fire o