cleaning little neck clams

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  • čas přidán 12. 02. 2011
  • This is how to get the sand out of your clams before you cook them. Check out www.pastaandsauces.com I've got a recipe for white and red clam sauce. Plus sign up for the free weekly recipe and download the cookbook for Ventimiglia Italian Foods for FREE.

Komentáře • 72

  • @caradaniel1965
    @caradaniel1965 Před 21 dnem

    WOW! You don’t mess around 👍 Thank You, for that tutorial 👍
    Thank You !!!
    It was AWESOME 👍👍👍👍

  • @ventimigliafoods
    @ventimigliafoods  Před 13 lety +4

    You're right. I really don't like eating sand. Thanks for watching. It's always fun getting comments.

  • @Mudguaard
    @Mudguaard Před 7 lety +5

    I scrub them with a brush. Then soak in salted water for ten minutes. Then eat or refrigerate.

  • @Giuditta627
    @Giuditta627 Před rokem

    This was really excellent information. I went clamming for the first time this season yesterday here on Cape Cod, and came here looking for the answer to whether iodized salt was okay. As you used a salt shaker, I'm guessing yes! One tip you might like to try; I use my salad spinner and basket for rinsing the clams. It makes things easier as I can lift the basket up out of the sand, dump the water, rinse the outer bowl and repeat. The spinner is also great for storing the clams overnight in the fridge with a wet paper towel on top because the basket lets them get more oxygen. Thanks for a great how to.

  • @ginaw4445
    @ginaw4445 Před 7 lety +10

    If you put a mesh strainer (little smaller than
    than the bowl) it works great to just lift them
    out of the bowl...then carry on...

  • @thabassumanwar5080
    @thabassumanwar5080 Před 7 lety +1

    In our place we wash it thoroughly and then we boil it with water adding salt and turmeric.
    It opens while boiling and then we strain it and cook

  • @ventimigliafoods
    @ventimigliafoods  Před 13 lety +1

    Thanks for the comment. The band-aid was from chopping onions earlier. Thanks for watching.

  • @Chalupes
    @Chalupes Před 11 lety +5

    Great video, I personally do not mind going through the trouble especially when friends say they enjoyed the meal and were surprised that they were not filled with sand. thanks again for the video

  • @typerk
    @typerk Před 12 lety

    I always read that having them in tap water for too long would kill them. Every time we have made clams after a thorough cleaning they had sand in them. I have never used the salt trick or did it 3 times. Thanks for this video

  • @nicholassuits4361
    @nicholassuits4361 Před 6 lety +2

    I would love to do this but i want to get the clams myself and all our river has is clams/mussels like the size of a dime or smaller

    • @richardryan3285
      @richardryan3285 Před 4 lety

      Be careful with freshwater clams. Most are endangered species. Most edible clams are ocean clams

  • @NATHAN-hs5ec
    @NATHAN-hs5ec Před 5 lety

    !What about the intestinal parts it dont get you sick?

  • @LynxStarAuto
    @LynxStarAuto Před 10 lety +12

    Yo this dude don't play. I don't think there was even bacteria left in these clams!

  • @ventimigliafoods
    @ventimigliafoods  Před 11 lety +2

    broken shell from rough handling.

  • @goback3spaces
    @goback3spaces Před 12 lety

    John Davino of the old Grotta Azzurra on Mulberry Street in Manhattan employed a guy to do nothing all day but clean clams. They took their seafood god damn seriously. On the flip side, several years ago my mom had to send back a plate of steamers at Rooney's Crab House in Long Branch because they were covered with sand. I mean utterly covered; I tried one. Could be the freshest seafood in the world but it's inedible if you don't clean it.

  • @danbal2642
    @danbal2642 Před 11 lety

    Victor, very clean man. Want you to cook for me.

  • @kennethsouza7389
    @kennethsouza7389 Před rokem

    You need to soak them in salt water to the ocean level to get the clams to filter themself. Tape water will kill them.

  • @katttham
    @katttham Před 9 lety +9

    TRY BLACK PEPPER! !!!! It WORKS! Its best to Prepare a day ahead. Rinse it well. Fill the bowl with water and pour black pepper into the water. The clams will spit out all the sand.

    • @godfammusic
      @godfammusic Před 8 lety

      how long do you leave it in for?

    • @katttham
      @katttham Před 8 lety +1

      +godfammusic i rinse the clams first. 3 times then soak it in water with black pepper for at least 1 -2 hrs. well that's how long I leave it in for. I like my clams sand free. the clams cleans itself out. try it out. :)

    • @katttham
      @katttham Před 8 lety

      +godfammusic longer than 2 hrs. lol. prepare ahead.

    • @godfammusic
      @godfammusic Před 8 lety

      +Katt Tam thanks!

  • @Pluted
    @Pluted Před rokem

    Supposed to add salt to the water from the start when soaking

  • @chanteller2011
    @chanteller2011 Před 11 lety

    I hope I get a response this video has been here My kiddo wants to make " real " clam chowder so I am researching, Is that warm or cold water

  • @benoelus692
    @benoelus692 Před 9 lety +12

    did he just slurp up that clam?????....

  • @crazydog121
    @crazydog121 Před 12 lety +2

    when i eat at different asian buffets i get clams. when i eat them i usually get bits and pieces of what looks like a small crescent shaped pieces of shell in my mouth. any idea what they are? thanks

    • @rashadahmadov4395
      @rashadahmadov4395 Před 3 lety

      Because they dont wash it good enough.that pieces are sand

  • @ventimigliafoods
    @ventimigliafoods  Před 11 lety

    Cold water

  • @patricialaw6662
    @patricialaw6662 Před 11 lety

    They are excellent raw. BUT you don't have to go through so much rinsing.

  • @nickcanlas5074
    @nickcanlas5074 Před 11 lety +1

    Hiyeahh...!! we're good!

  • @TheBlondebaby80
    @TheBlondebaby80 Před 2 lety

    omg you ate it raw!

  • @Bill22675
    @Bill22675 Před 12 lety +1

    I meant they are not steamers! Not steamers!

  • @johnbalogna803
    @johnbalogna803 Před 10 lety +6

    please invest in a clam knife!! your asking for a tripto the ER for stiches using a regular knife like that. Better yet put clamsinto the freezer for 20 minutes they are very easy to shuck after that

    • @edwardosnowdeno1928
      @edwardosnowdeno1928 Před 10 lety +2

      As I read your comment I looked down at my stitches from years ago. :)

  • @paulcompton5446
    @paulcompton5446 Před 9 lety +1

    Those are Quehogs . Little necks are soft shell better known as piss clams , When you walk over them they squirt . They also have toungs out on one end

    • @arthurmcmahon3220
      @arthurmcmahon3220 Před 6 lety +1

      Paul Compton I know this is old but your wrong, little necks cherry stone and so on are the names of the size of clams but you are right with the type

  • @Ed-hd7su
    @Ed-hd7su Před 7 lety +11

    put them in washing machine

  • @it1988a
    @it1988a Před 24 dny

    Alot of work for very little edible food

  • @asianangler
    @asianangler Před rokem

    no salt or cornmeal?

    • @tonyventimiglia6776
      @tonyventimiglia6776 Před rokem

      no, they're from salt water so I don't think it's neccesary. And I never heard of using cornmeal. When we cook snails, we feed them corn meal for a day before they get boiled. It cleans out their insides. Is that what the cornmeal does to the clams?

  • @stevenma187
    @stevenma187 Před 11 lety

    but if you use warm water, it'll be much better.

  • @Bandito518
    @Bandito518 Před 9 lety +2

    Customer to waiter..."waiter... why is my linguine with clams taking an hour and half to prepare"? Lol

  • @letran9571
    @letran9571 Před 11 lety

    uh...if you don't you'll be eating nothing but sands. I've leaved them soaked in water for 3 days and yet they still have sands in them!!

  • @crazyellowdog
    @crazyellowdog Před 11 lety

    ICE COLD water

  • @KidIndigo1
    @KidIndigo1 Před 10 lety +1

    Wow. Seems to me a bit over the top. I scrub 'em, then let them breathe/filter for 20 minutes in a seawater level brine (tap water plus salt), and then I cook 'em. 1 tsp of salt in water sufficient to submerge the clams seems to be OK, at least for me. Yummy.

  • @rbradaigh
    @rbradaigh Před 9 lety +1

    Where is this guy from Oklahoma? Washie, rinsie put on the rubber gloves let them purge. Open the shell, loosen the meat squeeze on some lemon juice watch if they squirm (then their alive, shoot it into your mouth, chew and swallow. That, Chef Needlenose is how it's done where eating clams was invented..

  • @kemsaigon1980
    @kemsaigon1980 Před 11 lety

    Oh no you didn't eat that raw... yes you did.. Oh god.

  • @JBanks333
    @JBanks333 Před 3 lety

    🌬🌬🌬 Why are ppl not separating digestive
    tracks 😖😖😖

  • @ArchieluvsBetty
    @ArchieluvsBetty Před 11 měsíci

    Not easy. Also too much handling of the clams.

  • @johnstecich7990
    @johnstecich7990 Před 3 lety

    you should use fresh saltwater not freshwater... yuck !!!!!!!

  • @AudreyCeropin
    @AudreyCeropin Před 4 lety +1

    Did you just eat that raw hommie?!?.....lol

  • @Bill22675
    @Bill22675 Před 12 lety

    Why would you let them sit for 20 minutes in water for? They are steamers that have the tongues that come out. All they are is baby quahogs! You don't have to let them sit in water. You don't even have to rinse them. You can just shuck them like that! I would have has them shucked and ready to eat in 15 minutes!

  • @saravanan_ck4271
    @saravanan_ck4271 Před 8 lety +3

    u r wasting lot of water,

    • @dodgedabullet670
      @dodgedabullet670 Před 7 lety +1

      LOL...must not be in California.

    • @markmanning7945
      @markmanning7945 Před 6 lety

      Not everywhere you go is there a water crisis... Some places have a constant supply of it from the sky!

  • @christinejadecaburnay913

    Waste of water.

  • @jimp3938
    @jimp3938 Před 4 lety

    This is overkill to the extreme. And a waste of water.

  • @ashimneogy386
    @ashimneogy386 Před 9 lety

    Learn some basic video editing skills. This video would get 50x more views.

    • @nyastclair8174
      @nyastclair8174 Před 9 lety +1

      Ashim Neogy Because people see the video editing skills before they watch the video?

    • @ashimneogy386
      @ashimneogy386 Před 9 lety

      Nya Stclair I was referring to "shares" which typically happen after watching a video.

  • @stevenpgross
    @stevenpgross Před 6 lety

    Keeping the clams in fresh water for any length of time will kill them. You are way, way over cleaning them. Perhaps you might want to try an autoclave?
    I’m pretty sure you haven’t got a clue how to actually handle, clean and prepare clams!