Clam meat is delicious and fresh, and marine products like clams have the effect of invigorating and reducing dryness, so many people like to eat clams. However, since clams grow in mud and sand, they need to be cleaned before eating, which requires a little trick.

How to clean clams

First put the clams in a clean basin and fill it with tap water

Add a little salt to the water, making it as salty as the saltwater you drink. Only at this saltiness will the clams spit out the mud and sand.

Remember to change the water several times in the middle, and don’t fill the water too full. Generally, after changing the water 3 times, add a few drops of sesame oil to the clear water.

After changing the water several times according to the above method, the clams are basically clean. When you are about to boil them, squeeze the mud and sand out by holding the clam’s siphon.

If you haven’t followed the above steps and the cooked clams still have mud and sand, then I’ll teach you a first-aid trick. Just remove the clam’s sand bag, and that’s it. This method is suitable for only taking the clam meat when time is tight.

What are the benefits of clams?

Clam meat is sweet and salty, with a cold nature, and has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, nourishing yin and relieving irritability, benefiting the kidneys and promoting diuresis, and detoxifying alcohol. Besides containing a large amount of protein and calcium, clams are also rich in trace elements such as iodine, selenium, zinc, and manganese. It is reported that eating clams regularly is beneficial to brain nutrition and has the effect of improving intelligence.

Precautions when eating clams

Clams and other shellfish are prone to parasites, but eating them thoroughly cooked will not harm the body.