How
to Shuck and Clean Soft Shell Clams
Preliminaries:
Make sure all the clams are alive. Clean under cold water and proceed.
By Renee Shelton
- Cup
a clam in the palm of hand with hinge toward thumb. Insert clam knife
just above
(or below) the protruding neck and sever muscle. This attaches it
to the shell.
- Remove
the freed shell (top or bottom,
which ever one was attached to the muscle you severed) and slide clam
knife under the clam to loosen it from the shell.
- To
skin neck:
Pull off and discard skin that covers the neck (it is blackish in
color). Remove the membrane that trails around the edge of the shell.
Renee
Shelton is the owner of this site, runs the fishing chef blog, and is the Fishing Editor for the 2nd largest women's website on the internet, BellaOnline.com. Keep up with her at her blog Sand and Succotash. Her book Basic Fish Cooking Methods: A No Frills Guide for Preparing Fresh Fish is available on Amazon.
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