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Posts tagged “clams”

What's the Difference? Hard Shell vs. Soft Shell Clams

Confession: For a very (very) long time, we believed that, like soft shell crabs, soft shell clams really did have soft edible shells. Turns out...not quite! Although their shells are comparatively th...

What's the Difference? Little Neck, Cherry Stone, Top Neck, and Quahog Clams

Actually, it might be more fun to ask what these all have in common (besides being mollusks, of course!). Can you guess?...

Celebrate Seafood: Another Delicious (and Educational!) Dinner at the New England Aquarium
Boston

Keeping up with which kinds of seafood are good choices and which ones are best to avoid can be a challenge. There's lists and websites and iPhone apps to help us out, but we prefer the Celebrate Seaf...

How To: Clean the Sand Out of Clams

'Tis the season for clams! Baked, grilled, steamed, or deep-fried: we'll eat them any way we can get them. When cooking clams at home, one thing that can pose a challenge is getting the sand out of t...

Easy Appetizer: Clams and Mussels on the Grill

Need to give people something to munch on while dinner is grilling? This couldn't be simpler — and it takes less than 10 minutes......

Texas Shellfish Recall Due to Algae Bloom

If you live in Texas and like to drive to the coast for fresh shellfish, be warned: an algae bloom has closed the bays in Aransas, Corpus Christi and Copano. A recall of oysters, clams and mussels ha...