3 pacific northwest steamers with Recipes

unsalted butter, garlic cloves, minced, fresh ground black pepper, minced shallots (or sweet onion), dried tarragon or 1 1/2 tsp fresh tarragon, dried thyme or 1 1/2 tsp fresh thyme, chopped fresh parsley, chopped fresh chives, northwest amber ale, fresh mussels (debearded)

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