...Kingston, that is. Someone asked about him on another thread so thought I'd post up.

He's been a busy man, but we had a hardware transaction to take care while he was here at the old place so we made a plan for me to head to him. I told him I had a little time to help out with any work if he wanted and so did, if only for an hour or two. I know well he enjoys his seafood, so thought it'd be nice to feed him a meal I'd toss together at his pad. Being that he's headed for life in a landlocked place, freshly dug bivalves sounded like a good call and dead easy to make. Seeing I had 60 pounds of soft-shelled one ice in a cooler in my garage it was a done deal.

It was just a matter of steaming a pile in beer (we do about 15 pounds at a whack at home to eat out of the shell as well as to pickle) and shucking them. I bagged a batch up and took them along with some other simple ingredients. As a pound of linguini was cooking, I sautéed some garlic and onions in EVOO, with capers, white wine, fresh basil and oregano added. Added pinches of S & P to taste when onions got translucent and when ready, tossed in maybe a pound of clams. Bring that to a bubbling boil on high heat, then remove. All you're trying to do is heat the clams, not cook them; that's already been done. Add in a quarter cup on heavy cream, mix and add a pile onto a plate of linguini that had been coated with more EVOO. Sprinkle some good Parmesan on top and dig in. A slice of good Italian bread for sopping up juices at the end works too.














BTW, that giant barn? The guy built it by himself by hand, with lumber he felled and milled from the property. Those giant iron hinges? He made them too. Pretty incredible stuff done by a good dude and friend. Hit me up before you com down again, B. I think I need to spend some more dough...

Oh, well. F'n PB.

No pics. Admit it. You've killed him and buried him in your basement. We're all grownups and can handle the truth.

Good to hear he’s doing well.

I'm glad Brian is well, I'm wondering about Miss Lynn.

Dang it always look forward to your pics L but the description sounds delish...

Kamo, try post image.

Tell Kingston hi.

Imgur. -Hint-

Sounds good but a pic is worth....

You lost me when you added "capers" to it.

Aha!

AKMtnHntr: Hating on the delicate and innocent wee caper? What a classless savage. But then again you're the guy who prefers a clear clam chowdah, without cream too, right? Bah!

that barn is bad ass, you really need to see it in person to appreciate the work it took to build it.

Toxic shellfish and manual labor! That could kill a normal man. Kingston will abide.


mike r

I got your snapper leighton, just got to to fed ex or ups when i get time in the next few days.

Looks fun. What is that on the boat trailer?

If you read some of the gross and foul posts here, it's no wonder that females don't want to post very often.

Yet here you still are....

lol

lol

I’d rephrase...

That barn is lit!

Thought I had a fairly active imagination.

And you can post anything ya want on the fire, so anything in the universe could be posted.

But I never anticipated seein a post like this on the fire.

That barn does look incredible.

Yes the barn is cool as hell!

he built it himself. you should see whats inside.

might give you some snapper one of these days.lol

^ Maybe one of 'flave's own cousins? ^

Leighton, no fresh parsley?

Lol

Spaghetti alla vongole. Nicely done, Kamo.

Cool barn King. Maybe bring it here to the lakeshore? I'm sure we could work out a deal.

Those sneak/layout boats would be killer on some Old Squaw out here. Pack those too.

Nice! Clams look killer and good to hear kingston is doing well!


And I thought I was doing well putting up a tree house with a slide....

With all due respect, obviously you ain't a waterfowler. Google up 'duck hunting' and 'sneak boat', or more specifically, 'Barnegut Bay sneak boat'.

My man!

All BS aside, the man is like an Einstein/Frankenstein/Otherstein/Drunkenstein. Worked at places including MIT, builds his own giant 14K square foot barns, literally by hand, can hold his own in a whiskey drinking contest with the likes of me, DVD and STX and is pretty good at killing ducks and catching tuna? That's a pretty rare fuggin' bird, yo...

I knew you'd eventually pop in with a clam comment. Where are my fuggin' geoducks for trade for lobsters/whatever you Georgian piece o' Spam?

KG,
thanks for the kingster update.

I hate you for not being out here so I can try some of those goodies you're always cooking up. One might imagine a dude named Geno might go for bowl or two of linguini and clam sauce. Capers and all. (looked into growing them.........seems they don't do so well where it gets into the negative 20's on occasion. )

Now that we know you didn't off him and feed him to the pups, many here are relieved.

Hope the nice lady of the house is doing well and didn't miss you too much while you were out doing manly things.

I’d love to know the history of that barnegat. The barn is cool, but that sneak is fantastic ...

Damn, I don't see a barn!

But bet this aluminum the king sent me came from there someplace.

Hip hip...

I'm scared of the water and whisky makes my face feel warm and my stomach feel icky.

I’ve been slammed with this huge move from New England to the Midwest.

This barn is only 6,000 sqft w/o the mezzanines (16’ and 14’ ceiling on the first floor and 10’ ceiling on the second. I designed and built it myself. It’s sided in white pine that I felled and sawed on site. The doors on the gabled end pictured are 16’x12’, and 8’x8’. They are 3” thick. That side is 58’ long overall.

The Barnegat Bay sneakbox is patterned after an 1887 patented design, but made of fiberglass. The duck boat on the ground is a Megles made by the famous Wisconsin sailboat maker.

KG’s linguini and clam sauce was fantastic and a treat after 10 days of zone perfect bars and the occasional steak!

Great stuff Leighton & Brian !!

Colour me envious.

Now, after the whiskey, who won the arm wrestle ?

Snakes I found in my wood piles. I don’t know what kind they are. The were small, angry and cold.

That's a hell of a barn. Congrats on the know how. How long did it take to build it?

A few years, give or take, depending on when you start and stop counting.

Hoarder...

lol he is.

but cool stuff.

some type of garter snake Brian, harmless.

Bingo ^

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That’s fantastic. Awesome boats. What a treasure. Post up some more pictures of the Melges when you can. I met Buddy about 20 years ago while duck hunting in Manitoba. Neat, neat guy.

Not a garter snake. It is a dekay's brown snake.

You know a good cure for that?

LOL

Very nice.

No mask?

Apologies if already asked.

The extent of my waterfowling has been limited to a 14' lund boat over deeks, ag fields over deeks and pond jumping. lol

Oh my...

An elitist.

Throw a merrymeeting scull and a Kalash layout in the mix...

Nothing wrong with hoarding good stuff!

Brian told me he had a BUNCH of schit to move, I guess he wasn't kidding! I don't suppose he wrapped any of that good food up to bring me a doggie bag.........

More details on the Midwest? WTF? Always the last to hear.

Thanks, I overlooked that one on the MA list.

Don't believe I've ever seen one in the flesh.

Based on the light dorsal strip and the dots I thought it might just be a variation of the garter snake pattern.

Oh well, better to be mistaken...............