Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> On 4/12/2012 4:18 PM, Chemo the Clown wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 1:29 pm, > wrote:
> >> "Tom Del > wrote in ...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Good Eats they said if you keep clams in fresh water for a few weeks
> >>> they detox themselves of polutants from the ocean.
> >>
> >>> Don't they have to eat something over a period of a few weeks? You don't
> >>> want them to die obviously.
> >>
> >> I've heard you should feed them cornmeal.
> >
> > We get clams all the time. Fresh. We take them home, put them in a
> > pail with cold water and cornmeal. they open up a little bit and spit
> > out any sand.
>
> Cold water and cornmeal always worked for us.

Doing nothing has always worked for me for the sand thing.
Remember though, the OP was talking about detoxing not eliminating sand.

Gary