"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
> >Damsel writes:
>>
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>I also use canned clams, having had fresh clams on several occasions, I
> always get the ones that still have sand in them. God, I hate that!
>>
>>Have you tried using a can of baby clams?
>
> Canned clams are like canned veggies, only worse. Other than harvesting
> your
> own the best are frozen clams... they're shucked within an hour or two of
> harvest and immediately flash frozen. Frozen clams are packaged in the
> same
> cardboard carton as milk and are available in quarts and half gallons.
> They
> are generally only available from restaurant provision suppliers, there's
> usually at least one source within a reasonable distance to most towns in
> the
> US. The frozen quart container is very easy to halve with a hacksaw -
> thaw
> what you need in the fridge.
>
>
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Would these make decent fried clams? I'm thinking of the fresh fried clam
'bellies' I had the last time I was in Boston.

Regards,

Susan Edkins