Cleaning fried clams is pretty easy and all you need to do is put the clams in a large bowl and rinse them several times with cold water to wash away the grit and sand on their shells.
Then after you do that cover the clams with fresh cold water and let them sit for 20 minutes so that they can expunge any excess grit in their siphons.
Shucking clams is pretty easy and all you need to do is Insert the knife where the two clam shells meet opposite the hinge, then twist the knife and pry open.
After you open the clam then run the knife along the inside of the shell to cut the abductor muscle and release the clam.
To shuck clams you'll need a sturdy knife that has a thin blade and a rounded edge to it.
Do not use a paring knife as it won't work properly to shuck the clams and could be more dangerous.
A 3 oz or 3 ounce serving of clams is 12 clams.
12 clams equal to 3 ounces of clams for a 3 ounce serving and those 12 medium sized clams contain 125 calories which is not all that much.
Some types of clams may weigh slightly more or less than others but the average clams have 12 clams in 3 oz.
Little Neck Clams cost around $0.62 each or about $31.00 before tax for 50 Little Neck Clams.
Little Neck Clams cost around $0.62 cents each and there are around 50 Little Neck Clams in a purchase of Little Neck Clams.
So to buy 50 Little Neck Clams it can cost $31.00 for 50 Little Neck Clams.
The cost of the Little Neck Clams can vary from location to location and who you buy them from but they are not very expensive although they are not cheap either.
When eating clams you do eat the whole clam if you want too.
There's no rule that says you have to eat every bit of the clam but most people do eat the whole entire clam.
However some people are grossed out by some parts of the clam and then they do not eat those gross parts of the clam which is okay.
Only eat the parts of the clam that you like to eat and throw the rest of the clam out if you don't want to eat the entire clam.
There are 8 to 12 shucked clams in one pound of clams depending on the species of the clams as some clams weigh more than others even when shucked.
Each lb of shucked clams serves between 2 to 3 people.
A bushel of clams weighs about 50 to 60 lbs depending on the species of clams in the bushel of clams.
A bushel of soft shell clams weighs around 50 lbs while a bushel of hard shell clams weighs around 60 lbs and there are 4 pecks of clams in a bushel.
When steaming clams you can steam as many clams at once as you can fit into the pot.
I usually steam about 1 lb of clams at one time unless I am serving more people then I steam as many clams as I need at once.
If you are needing to steam a lot of clams for a party, gathering etc then you can steam them all at once using more pots on the stove.
Don't overfill the pot with the clams but allow some room for them to move around while steaming them.
I fill the pot to about halfway with the clams and then fill the rest of the pot to near full with water.
However you don't want the water to boil over in the pot when steaming the clams so don't fill the pot completely with water.
Just add enough water to cover the clams and then allow them to steam after bringing the pot to a boil then turn the pot down so that it's not boiling.