Thanks to the seawater and seaweed, the food has a smoky, briny flavor. The term clambake is shorthand, too, for cooking a hodgepodge of assorted delicacies including lobsters, steamer clams, crabs, mussels and quahogs, in addition to sides like corn and potatoes.

What does clambake mean in slang?

Clambake meaning

(slang, chiefly West Coast US) An instance of smoking (usually marijuana) in an enclosed space. ... (intransitive, slang, chiefly West Coast US) To smoke marijuana in an enclosed space such as a car with the windows up.

What is the origin of the clambake?

clambake, seafood picnic traditional in the New England region of the United States. Early settlers on the Atlantic coast adopted and elaborated the practice from the coastal Indians, who steamed shellfish over hot stones under a covering of seaweed.