This whole process takes 20 minutes once the liquid is boiling.
- Bring to boil a 12 pack old Milwaukee beer and 2 quarts of water.
- Add 1/2 can old bay and a generous amount of cayenne pepper (and any
other seasonings you want), salt and pepper. Note: Be careful with cayenne
pepper blowing in the air cause when it gets in your eyes, it hurts!
- Once the beer/water is boiling add a bag of small/medium red potatoes,
corn
(chopped into 3-4 inch pieces) and chorizo sausage.
- At the 14 minute mark, add the clams. Be sure to wash clams well and keep
cold. If any are open, discard them.
- At the 16 minute mark, add muscles and shrimp. Be sure to wash muscles well
and keep cold. If any are open, discard them.
- Take everything out at the 20 minute mark and dump on large table covered
with paper. Discard any clams/muscles
that are not open (open after cooking good, open before cooking bad).
Skip adding wine as part of the boil and drink it instead or serve with a big
bucket of ice cool beer.
Enjoy
Note: 8/13/05 we had a great boil and fed 10 adults.
- 3 lbs. of white shrimp
- 7 lbs. of muscles
- 15 lbs. (3x5lbs) of top neck clams