On 4/12/2012 5:44 PM, Gary wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>
>> On 4/12/2012 4:18 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
>>> On Apr 12, 1:29 pm, > wrote:
>>>> "Tom Del > wrote in ...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Good Eats they said if you keep clams in fresh water for a few weeks
>>>>> they detox themselves of polutants from the ocean.
>>>>
>>>>> Don't they have to eat something over a period of a few weeks? You don't
>>>>> want them to die obviously.
>>>>
>>>> I've heard you should feed them cornmeal.
>>>
>>> We get clams all the time. Fresh. We take them home, put them in a
>>> pail with cold water and cornmeal. they open up a little bit and spit
>>> out any sand.
>>
>> Cold water and cornmeal always worked for us.
>
> Doing nothing has always worked for me for the sand thing.
> Remember though, the OP was talking about detoxing not eliminating sand.
>
> Gary

If the clams are "toxic" I wouldn't want to eat them.

Anyone have a recipe for "clams PCB"

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