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.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

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.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

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

You Can't Get There from He-ah 2009

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 1847

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 Ruth Calvo 2009

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.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

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.

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010

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

One Big Table Molly O’Neill 2010