beanhole

“Emblematic in-ground meals—the New England clam bake, lobster bake, beanhole beans and hasty pudding; pit-barbecued pig in the Southeast; lamb in the Midwest, beef in the Far West; and luaus in Hawaii—seemed to spring from the soil of different regions.”

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“Maynard Stanley is a third-generation “critter catcher,” the founder of a special effects production company, and the king of beanhole “suppahs,” the traditional staple of church suppers, firehouse dinners, and family reunions throughout the state of Maine.”

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“We also eat beanhole beans, smelt and beans and new potatoes in cream.”

You Can't Get There from He-ah

“The pack was unrolled and blankets were spread, the fire had been drawn aside, disclosing a beanhole, out of which Hiram K. was lifting an oven.”

Letters of a Woman Homesteader

“Meals were served through a beanhole …. shoving was usually not required (sometimes I would just leave a meal if detainees were praying).”

The Seminal :: Independent Media And Politics

“Luau is the Hawaiian Islands’ clambake, beanhole dinner, and barbecue: the primordial outdoor feast of a pig roasted in the ground in an imu oven, kalua pork.”

Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

“Some communities come together around long-established feasts—Maine’s beanhole dinner and clambake; the St. Pius Barbecued Mutton day in Kentucky; New Mexico’s horno tamales; the fish boils of Door County, Wisconsin.”

Simon & Schuster: One Big Table

“When people taste our beanhole beans, there’s no going back.”

Simon & Schuster: One Big Table