5 northwest boil Recipes

seawater (or regular water plus 1/2 cup kosher salt), red bliss , german butterball, or other new potatoes (about 30), ears corn on the cob, ends trimmed , husks pulled down to remove silk, then pulled back up, littleneck clams (25 to 40), scrubbed and rinsed, lingcod , true cod, or black cod fillets, about 1 in. thick, dungeness crabs (about 3), steamed, cleaned, quartered, and cracked, red torpedo onions, peeled , or 2 large red onions, peeled and quartered, turkish (not california) bay leaves, tartar sauce, italian-style salsa verde

petite frozen peas , rinsed under hot water to defrost, chopped sweet pickle, chopped red pepper, chopped celery, hard boiled eggs, chopped, bacon , fried crisp and crumbled, chopped red or white sweet onion, cubed american or cheddar cheese, mayonnaise, sour cream, sugar, apple cider or white vinegar, salt and pepper to taste

smoked sausage, cut into 1-inch slices (andouille , kielbasa, etc *read intro), red potatoes (about 3 lbs.), yellow onion, peeled and quartered, lemons, quartered, garlic cloves, crushed, bay leaves, yellow mustard seeds , coriander seed, whole peppercorns, kosher salt, spanish smoked paprika, to taste (he reduced the smoked paprika to 1 tbsp from the original 2 tbsp), celery seeds, tabasco sauce or 3 tbsp favorite hot sauce, to taste, dried chilies (chili de arbol or 1/2 tsp red chili flakes and 1/2 tsp cayenne) (optional), steamer clam, shrimp, in shell, heads removed, ears fresh corn on the cob, shucked and cut into thirds

head iceberg lettuce, head red leaf lettuce, head green leaf lettuce, romaine lettuce hearts, radishes, carrot, tomatoes, ham steak (deli ham slices optional), turkey breast (deli turkey slices optional), swiss cheese, colby cheese (cheddar opitional), hard-boiled eggs