Nick Cramer wrote:

>
> NOTE: Clams were $6 a pound. I bought 1-1/2 pounds, which turned out to be
> eight Little Necks. I let the Little Necks relax in one litre of cold
> water with 7-1/2 tsp coarse Kosher salt (simulated seawater) for about
> 1/2 hour, then scrubbed them with a coarse brush. I also bought a can of
> chopped clams in clam juice (next time I'll buy two, maybe three) and a
> bottle of clam juice.


I've always put fresh clams in water with corn meal. I don't know who
told me about it, but it makes them spit the sand.

Janet, wishing there were fresh clams in way-the-heck-south Texas.