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Tom Del Rosso[_3_] Tom Del Rosso[_3_] is offline
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Default Detox clams


Gary wrote:
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> It's almost scary to argue with what's his name on Good Eats but he
> is so wrong. If you put any tidewater (salt) clams in fresh water,
> they will be dead within an hour or so.


It was a line voiced by one of his "characters", not AB himself. The guy
said "a few weeks" and made a reference to toxins.

They repeated the episode and I got to watch more of it. After the break AB
said some people give them a "quick dip" in fresh water with corn meal, but
it's not necessary because modern clams are clean inside, so just clean the
outside.

So AB isn't so wrong anyway.

Thanks.


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