Questions tagged [clams]
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Clams frozen before purging
I got excited to find out my friends family vacation home is on a river where a ton of delicious clams live. TI caught a bunch of live clams, then hastily put the whole lot in a bag of water and threw that in the freezer while making dinner with my…
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Can you soak clams in a salt water pool for a couple of hours
We changed over to a salt water pool this year. Can we soak clams for a couple of hours in the pool before we serve them?
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Which is the best way to de-grit clams and mussels? Salt, cornmeal, or salt + cornmeal?
What's the most effective way to de-grit clams and mussels? Apparently there are 3 possibilities.
Salt only.
Cornmeal only.
Salt and cornmeal.
Has any academic peer reviewed or researched this? This blog tested just with or without…
user24882
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What soaking duration for clams in salt water you never exceed?
I phoned supermarket, and seafood monger said "DON'T soak clams and mussels for same time". She said "you can soak clams overnight, but not mussels". She got no idea why 3/4 mussels died. They opened and smelled nauseous.
I'm baffled at all…
user24882
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How can I find wire rack/sieve to put clams or mussels on top, in giant bowl?
I found instructions to place clams in a sieve or similar when purging to prevent them from taking up the sand and grit again. This makes a lot of sense, but I don’t have a matching sieve-bowl combo. What could be a good hack to create the same…
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