msmofet
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If so what method do you use to purge?
A real, honest-to-God clambake is on my bucket list. On the beach, in a pit dug by me and my friends, with s’mores afterwards (I really don’t like them, but when in Rome…).I don't, because I don't mind a little bit of sand. Also my memories of clambakes were generally done on a beach where we at best rinsed them with some seawater, and buried them in a pit with coals and seaweed.
However, that being said, I have heard theories that holding clams in cold tap water for a half hour makes them give up their sand. I can see because of how osmosis works, water would be going in and plumping them, possible expelling sand.
I like my clams to be rather briny, and accept a certain amount of sand in the mouth as a condition I just have to deal with.
Know a guy from NC who soaks his clams for a half hour in a water and cornmeal solution. I'm not sure if I would go there without more information, but he swears by it.
Yours,
T (E-F)
A real, honest-to-God clambake is on my bucket list. On the beach, in a pit dug by me and my friends, with s’mores afterwards (I really don’t like them, but when in Rome…).
It seems it would be very hard to find a beach that would allow a fire?
Sounds absolutely wonderful! I’m waiting for the invite!It is a glorious thing, do it right and it involves also a big arse bonfire, and everyone sleeping in tents and sleeping bags on the beach.
Bonfire is to heat up the rocks, which hot rocks are better than coals, then you layer seaweed, hot rocks, corn ears in the husk, lobsters, clams, artichokes (seem counterintuitive but it works), more hot rocks, etc.. in a nice pit. Oh and while gathering rocks for it, you can make popers, which are packets of the rock snails with butter and garlic wrapped in tin foil which you put in the heat of the bonfire for a while until they stew and pick the snails out with toothpicks as an appetizer, while you wait for everything else to steam.
Always bring twice as much beer, ice, and butter as you think you need. And someone always forgets to bring a pot for the butter.
TBS (E-F)
That’s something I never thought of! The salt would temper the sweetness of those ubiquitous chocolate bars and the marshmallows. BRILLIANTTry S-mores with saltines instead of graham crackers. Big taste difference.
I soak them in saltwater for a few hours then rinse.
However, that being said, I have heard theories that holding clams in cold tap water for a half hour makes them give up their sand. I can see because of how osmosis works, water would be going in and plumping them, possible expelling sand.
It's not because of osmosis, which has no effect on sand, and you need salt water for osmosis to work.
As the clams soak in clean - i.e., sand-free - salt water, they ingest it. It travels through their digestive system and the sand is expelled that way.
Sounds absolutely wonderful! I’m waiting for the invite!
I don't know if I can get back together the same crew as the last one, a bunch of friends from prep school, and we woke up at six in the morning to be first in line to get one of four! beach fire and camp permits at Cape Cod National Seashore.
We had a pit of hot rocks (and brought in a bag of rocks, (Cape Cod is suprisingly sandy), a bonfire, and brought my two burner propane camping rig and cast iron skillets for eggs, fry bread, and to cook up eggplant and squash for the vegans.
A couple of guitars, and some friendly seals joined us. Well, actually, seals are very large and scary, and they bleated at us, but we had fire!, so we held our ground. We negotiated a solid truce.
Full moon night too, fun times.
TBS
Sounds absolutely wonderful! I’m waiting for the invite!
Osmosis is a tenency for molecules to move from a higher solute concentrated solution through a semi permeable membrane towards equalizing solute levels, right?