The 31st Annual Clambake
Three years ago, when Michael and I first got together, we were asked to help out at a clambake to benefit the St. Croix Animal Welfare Center. Our friend, Cindy was organizing the event and needed us to help with kids activites. I was supposed to do face painting and Michael would make giant bubbles with the kids who wanted to. Many of our friends were there in various capacities. Jody juggles and makes balloon animals. Steve brings his donkey, Eeyore to events and the kids get to ride him. Other friends, Lorine and Val participated in pie-eating contests and watermelon spitting contest. It should have been the “watermelon seed spitting contest”, but the store that donated the watermelon gave us seedless ones, so contestants had to bite off chunks of melon and spit those into the air trying to get them to go farthest. It was too funny!
Anyway, this year, we were asked once again to help out, and being suckers for a good cause, said, “okay”. We were to get there early and help with setting things up. Another friend who made a couple of dozen cupcakes for the event needed us to pick them up on the way, so we did. It was being held at The Palms Hotel, formerly The Cormorant. There was already plenty of help when we arrived so we were just put at our station which was the first table people would come to as they entered the hotel. Our job was to sell entry tickets and place wrist bands on everyone who came in. It was fun and we saw a bunch of folks before we had to get going to work. Our pay for the “work” that we did was a free lunch. The food was plentiful and good. I think it was a successful fundraiser and everybody had a nice time.
Michael’s Editorial:
31st Annual Clambake - 
Clams - 
Desserts - 
Tags: St. Croix
August 1st, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Did you eat the clams? By the time we got some they were dried out and yucky. I’ll wait till I am in New England again for that kind of ting.
August 1st, 2007 at 3:54 pm
No, steamed clams are not my favorite and I like shrimp so much that I had them instead. Michael said they were pretty gross, too. But everything else was yummy. Did you try the maple walnut cake? It was killer!
August 2nd, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Yep, the clams were pretty bad. The last time we went they pulled them steaming outta the big kettle. They were fresh and hot. This time they pulled them out in a big batch and served them out of a big tin tray. They were cold and all broken up. (Though I heard many had arrived broken).