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Have I killed my clams?

  • 10-01-2015 9:33pm
    #1
    Pinch Flat
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    Bought some clams this afternoon and used about half the batch in a sea food chowder which turned out great.

    The remaining batch I placed in a bowl and covered with water - wrong thing to do I know now. They were in the water about an hour and a half.


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  • #2
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Bought some clams this afternoon and used about half the batch in a sea food chowder which turned out great.

    The remaining batch I placed in a bowl and covered with water - wrong thing to do I know now. They were in the water about an hour and a half.

    Probably dead unless you used artificial seawater!

    But still edible. Steam them, shuck 'em and save the meats for something e.g spaghetti and clam sauce, Nom, Nom, Nom.....


  • #3
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,767 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    Jawgap wrote: »
    Probably dead unless you used artificial seawater!

    But still edible. Steam them, shuck 'em and save the meats for something e.g spaghetti and clam sauce, Nom, Nom, Nom.....

    Oh I dunno - got sick from shellfish in Portugal a few years ago - not pleasant


  • #4
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    Oh I dunno - got sick from shellfish in Portugal a few years ago - not pleasant

    The idea that unopened shellfish are somehow of poorer quality is a myth - started by Jane Grigson in her Fish book.

    If you bought them fresh today they'll be grand - what's the number on them? The tag should have an oval mark on the tag with an IE no., probably with an SO prefix if they're Irish.


  • #5
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,657 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Sorry folks, I think this is in the territory of food safety advice, so I have to lock the thread.

    Google suggests that you should never eat dead clams, and I'll repeat our mantra here: When in doubt, throw it out. Shellfish poisoning is not nice!


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