tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post8031129526506497021..comments2024-03-29T02:43:11.575-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: CLAMMED UP? Barbara Ross is anything but!Jungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-26528895743696475072013-09-05T21:26:22.172-04:002013-09-05T21:26:22.172-04:00Brenda--sounds perfect. I hope for wonderful weath...Brenda--sounds perfect. I hope for wonderful weather for the happy couple.<br /><br />Lucy--I haven't veered away from how hard it can be for the locals to live in a resort town. And though I haven't explored grinding poverty I don't rule it out. In the second book we go off to a camp where the blueberry rakers live. However, book 2 hasn't yet been read/accepted by my editor!Barb Rossnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37842429112740673722013-09-05T20:40:56.979-04:002013-09-05T20:40:56.979-04:00Maine is my idea of heaven--but not in the winter,...Maine is my idea of heaven--but not in the winter, thank you!Libby Doddhttp://www.libbydoddart.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64608363655059067192013-09-05T18:32:23.730-04:002013-09-05T18:32:23.730-04:00Sorry for the double post. I suffered computer wo...Sorry for the double post. I suffered computer woes today.Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-24126222308474295482013-09-05T18:30:04.938-04:002013-09-05T18:30:04.938-04:00Hooray Barb! I'm very much looking forward to...Hooray Barb! I'm very much looking forward to reading Clammed Up. It's high on my TBR list. <br /><br />Hallie, your post today is so fun for me. I love hearing everyone's thoughts about Maine, clambakes, and especially Peaks Island, where I lived year-round for many years. (If you want to hear island stories that will make you laugh and cry, find me at Crime Bake . . .)<br /><br />We moved to the mainland about five years ago but still spend a lot of time with our friends on Peaks, and this very weekend I will be at a wedding there that includes a lobster bake.<br /><br />The rehearsal dinner is the lobster bake part, at The Fifth Maine tomorrow evening. The wedding itself will take place late afternoon on Saturday, on the dock at TEIA (the boat club at Evergreen Landing).<br /><br />The groom grew up in Portland and Peaks. The bride is from Minnesota, and such a good sport.<br /><br />Can all you Peaks Island-loving commenters picture it? A slight fall chill in the salty breeze. The sun turning Casco Bay a dozen shades of gold. And, most special of all, love in the air.<br /><br />Thanks for a swell post, Hallie, and Barb, big congratulations to you.<br /><br />Brenda B. Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-49995696981007683782013-09-05T17:47:59.638-04:002013-09-05T17:47:59.638-04:00My comment was lost too--huge congrats Barb--can&#...My comment was lost too--huge congrats Barb--can't wait to read this book!<br /><br />I've spent a little time in Maine, as my sister and mother in law live in Cape Elizabeth. but the most striking visits were as a chaperone for our church youth group in Orland, ME. We helped build houses--the poverty was stunning. Not sure what you could do with that for a cozy mystery though...<br /><br />Lucy Burdette aka Roberta Isleibhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04660402177299546055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5928669871597380122013-09-05T15:12:49.786-04:002013-09-05T15:12:49.786-04:00It is so cool to read everyone's thoughts abou...It is so cool to read everyone's thoughts about Maine, clambakes and especially Peaks Island, where I lived year-round for many years. I've been on the mainland for the past five, but still spend a lot of time on the island.<br /><br />For me, this is an especially timely column (and Barb's book has a timely release date) because I will be officiating at a wedding on Peaks this very weekend. (Lawyers in Maine can conduct weddings, and every now and then I agree to lead special friends through their I dos.)<br /><br />The wedding is on the dock at TEIA (the boat club at Evergreen Landing) Saturday afternoon. The rehearsal dinner on Friday evening is at the Fifth Maine and it is a lobster bake.<br /><br />So, all you Peaks fans, can you picture it? Coolish breeze off the water, salt perfuming the air, love all around.<br /><br />Barb, congratulations on launching your new series. I cannot wait to dig in.<br />Brenda Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161539130987122737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-33885426121445512492013-09-05T14:12:45.867-04:002013-09-05T14:12:45.867-04:00Yes, Reine--the beer is very important!
And thank...Yes, Reine--the beer is very important!<br /><br />And thanks for the shout-out for House Calls!Barb Rosshttp://www.maineclambakemysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71007831676881908812013-09-05T13:33:25.065-04:002013-09-05T13:33:25.065-04:00Barb, you know I love the way you write! My first ...Barb, you know I love the way you write! My first taste of your terrific style was your short story, House Calls, in Blood Moon: Best New England Crime Stories. I've been a huge fan ever since.<br /><br />An egg? Really Barb? Is that a downeast thing? I'm 10th generation Salem/Marblehead/Ipswich Massachusetts. Never heard of an egg in a clam bake.<br /><br />We just dig a sand pit the night before, drink beer and have a bonfire. Next day we spread the coals and drink more beer. Line with seaweed, and layer in the lobsters and clams. Cover. Cook. Wait. Eat. Drink more beer. When the tide is right we walk home.<br /><br />Egg? Maureen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499876353651763590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-12055596382497335032013-09-05T13:20:12.832-04:002013-09-05T13:20:12.832-04:00Marianne--That's the place! Cabbage Island Cla...Marianne--That's the place! Cabbage Island Clambakes in Boothbay Harbor. I totally recommend it! Fortunately, they like my book.<br /><br />Deb--Your books make me want to be in England. I am such a crazy fan of the maps in your books, that when I met Attica Locke (whose book The Cutting Season is great, btw) I was all about the map in her book which is the same artist.<br /><br />Rhys--I know, the sacrifices I make for art! For the second book, I was forced to go to a blueberry festival.<br /><br />Hank--all the more for us!<br /><br />Grandma--yes--what is it about Maine and books? So many great authors. Down East Magazine calculated Cabot Cove had a murder rate that exceeded Honduras, the murder capital of the world.Barb Rosshttp://www.maineclambakemysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-37495223672836934622013-09-05T12:56:54.631-04:002013-09-05T12:56:54.631-04:00Putting this on my TBR list - didn't realize h...Putting this on my TBR list - didn't realize how much reading I enjoyed took place in Maine. As for how many people you can kill off on a small island -- if it's anything like Cabot Cove (Murder, She Wrote) you can kill off quite a few!Grandma Cootiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709540756822695170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-48945858239669438162013-09-05T12:54:11.559-04:002013-09-05T12:54:11.559-04:00You're all welcome to come to Maine. We could...You're all welcome to come to Maine. We could have a Jungle Reds lobsterbake - without sand. Clams are just one part of the lobsterbake. Clams, corn, potato, sausage, chowder, and blueberry cake for dessert. :-)Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11458323738664457942013-09-05T12:39:02.426-04:002013-09-05T12:39:02.426-04:00I've never been to a clambake but I'd go t...I've never been to a clambake but I'd go to one if the weather was guaranteed to be warm but not TOO warm, and sunny; oh,and not humid!<br /><br />On a couple of occasions I've passed through Maine on the way to Canada but have never actually visited Maine. I think I need to read Barb's book to experience Maine AND a clambake!Deb Romanonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-20329779942985928772013-09-05T12:25:35.284-04:002013-09-05T12:25:35.284-04:00I'm so glad so many of you love Maine! I was ...I'm so glad so many of you love Maine! I was born and brought up here but lived in exile in Massachusetts for 20+ years. We're retired and back in Maine.<br /><br />I met my husband on Long Isalnd, the next island to Peaks. It ws a blind date with my co-worker's cousin. My friend had a cottage right on the beach (it looked out to Peaks) and she said we'd have fun for the weekend. Her cousin and her fiance met us at the ferry. My husband says "she had a sleeping bag under one arm and a six-pack under the other and I knew she was the girl for me!" That was 40 years ago. True story, we knew that day that we'd be getting married. A year later, we did.<br /><br />My niece got married on a private island (in the middle of Boothbay Harbor, if you know the area.) We had to go out by boat and some of the groomsmen kayaked out and drifted quite a bit out of the way and had to be towed to the island in time for the wedding.<br /><br />I have this book on my TBR list. I have a feeling I may recognize some locals. Best of luck with this book, Barb.Marianne in Mainenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53198915678549912912013-09-05T12:24:58.474-04:002013-09-05T12:24:58.474-04:00Denise Ann - Love your story about Peaks! The wate...Denise Ann - Love your story about Peaks! The water is still icy, even in late August. Turn your toes blue. And there is a strong current just off shore between the beach and that island you must have swum to.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84345395619340832692013-09-05T12:23:36.037-04:002013-09-05T12:23:36.037-04:00POINTS to RobinPS on the egg! Yup! It told them wh...POINTS to RobinPS on the egg! Yup! It told them when everthing else was "done"...<br /><br />I've been to one truly traditional clambake - pit in the back yard, lined with rocks and coals, throw in wet seaweed and all the food packed up in seawater soaked canvas, cover it, and leave it to smoke. The taste was INCREDIBLE. FABULOUS. Unlike anything I've had or since.Hallie Ephronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04759439029582054503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56506575100483360712013-09-05T12:21:53.797-04:002013-09-05T12:21:53.797-04:00If I could write a book anywhere lobsters are in a...If I could write a book anywhere lobsters are in abundance, I'd be in heaven.<br /><br />Good luck with the book, Barbara.Rhys Bowennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-78220280667752303682013-09-05T12:18:23.178-04:002013-09-05T12:18:23.178-04:00I’ve been to plenty of clambakes and I spend a fai...I’ve been to plenty of clambakes and I spend a fair amount of time in Maine, I’ve just never managed to do the two together. Fifty years ago I spent summers with extended family in Hull, Mass, where us kids would dig clams early in the day and the grownups would steam them to go with our dinner every night. This was way back before the digging ban and boy were they yummy. Your book sounds wonderful, I will have to add it to my TBR pile.Mohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11712287890895445671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-63862753083378901732013-09-05T12:03:55.160-04:002013-09-05T12:03:55.160-04:00Clambakes are an exotic East Coast thing to me. Th...Clambakes are an exotic East Coast thing to me. That photo of a real clambake got me more curious than ever about them...Guess I'll have to read CLAMMED UP! Poor me...:-)<br /><br />Yeah, I wanted to kill my date at my sister's wedding! My date was an old friend from college. I should have gone stag. He was such a horn-dog and stoner, and I'd forgotten that about him. Not with me, but with every waitress and single woman in the place. What was funny as students had turned slimy. Lisa Alberhttp://lisaalber.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22577585204951398652013-09-05T11:50:27.817-04:002013-09-05T11:50:27.817-04:00Never been to Maine. Never been to a clambake. Sig...Never been to Maine. Never been to a clambake. Sigh.<br /><br />But that's why we read books, right? And I expect that after I read Barbara's, I'll want to go to Maine for a clambake just as much as I want to go to Lucy's Key West.<br /><br />Edith: "Books and hikes and all the time in the world." Truly heaven.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11519514786198185277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8917459840307795392013-09-05T11:26:31.051-04:002013-09-05T11:26:31.051-04:00I'd love to win! Looking forward to reading th...I'd love to win! Looking forward to reading this one!Acemommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04987266560257501980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-85737051035526493062013-09-05T10:39:34.533-04:002013-09-05T10:39:34.533-04:00I have to say..although I LOVE CLAMMED UP and I ad...I have to say..although I LOVE CLAMMED UP and I adore you, Barb ross..I don't really love real clambakes.<br /><br />(I know, boo hiss.)<br /><br />Everything seems gritty and sandy and too hot or too cold and and and..anyway. chacun a son gout.<br /><br />But Barb your book is delish!<br /><br />And that's fascinating about the egg! Really?<br /><br /><br /><br /> Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17420701704169428286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-11421693707196266082013-09-05T09:29:09.449-04:002013-09-05T09:29:09.449-04:00Thanks, everybody. Thanks, Reds. I'm really ex...Thanks, everybody. Thanks, Reds. I'm really excited about this book.Barbara Rosshttp://www.maineclambakemysteries.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-66299457183232596982013-09-05T09:08:04.387-04:002013-09-05T09:08:04.387-04:00I have been to one clambake in my life - I may hav...I have been to one clambake in my life - I may have been 9. I still remember it as very good. DeeGramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-13353924171698090252013-09-05T08:54:25.539-04:002013-09-05T08:54:25.539-04:00Egg -- protein for non-seafood eaters? What else d...Egg -- protein for non-seafood eaters? What else do we cook by boiling? Add carrots?<br /><br />Years ago, on Peaks Island, when a walk around the island was my idea of fun, I was challenged by my friend's boyfriend (later husband, later ex) to swim out to a small island.<br /><br />"Sure!"<br /><br />I got out there (COLD WATER), but needed a rowboat to get me back to shore.<br /><br />And then there was the time we turned off all the clocks and lived on our own sense of time.Denise Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790883493798517829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7918150797647374202013-09-05T08:41:27.108-04:002013-09-05T08:41:27.108-04:00Eggs were traditionally used like a thermometer. ...Eggs were traditionally used like a thermometer. When the eggs were cooked, everything was done.RobinPShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12709171928481518378noreply@blogger.com