YOU SAID:
I thought we were going to have steamed clams
INTO JAPANESE
あさりの蒸し焼きをするつもりだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was going to steam the clam
INTO JAPANESE
あさりを蒸すつもりだった
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was going to steam the clam
That didn't even make that much sense in English.