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

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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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The evening game of bocce was played right next to the water.

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Jules Grant and Alex Karsanidi looked for seaweed to use for cooking.

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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.