
Photos: Nautical Thanksgiving

Nate Stearns, Alex Moore, and author Michael Andor Brodeur shucked corn, one of many tasks at Nautical Thanksgiving in Scituate.
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| October 9, 2012

From left: Jules Grant, Michael Andor Brodeur, Alex Moore, Evan Garza, and Lena Adams celebrated Nautical Thanksgiving with a game of bocce.
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| October 9, 2012

The evening game of bocce was played right next to the water.
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| October 9, 2012

Jules Grant and Alex Karsanidi looked for seaweed to use for cooking.
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| October 9, 2012

Grant fell in the water during her ocean search for seaweed.
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Grant delivered the seaweed to kitchen captain Avery Appleton.
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A mozzarella bar was set out.
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The group of friends started eating.
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Avery Appleton poured champagne into a mignonette for oysters.
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The oysters were served with Prosecco mignonette.
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Porchetta cooked on the grill.
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Alex Moore, Anthony Greene, Nate Stearns, and Michael Brodeur tended to the grill.
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Darcy Adams continued the cooking.
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Peppers were prepared for cooking and turned into roasted pepper tapenade.
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The friends sat down to eat.
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The lobsters at Nautical Thanksgiving were steamed with seaweed.
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Gary Strack's “poor man’s porchetta.”
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Lena salad was named for Nautical Thanksgiving hostess Lena Cobb Adams.
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| October 9, 2012