A family of bivalves, distributed worldwide. Represents a small to medium-sized shell of an animal belonging to the genus Corbicula. The shell is thick and firm, and its shape is round or nearly triangular.

The shell surface is shiny, with concentric veins, yellow-brown or brown, and the inner surface of the shell is white or blue-purple.

The hinge part has three main teeth, the left shell has 1 front and rear teeth, the right shell has two front and rear teeth, and the upper end of the side teeth has serrations. The feet are big and tongue-shaped.

Androgyny or hermaphroditism.

Mature eggs or sperm are discharged into water for fertilization, develop into larvae, and then sink to the bottom for benthic life. It can mature in about 3 months. There are also types of viviparous.

Habitat in fresh water and Yuxian fresh water. Meat is delicious, with high nutritional value and can be eaten. It is also a natural feed for fish and waterfowl.

It is also a traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of promoting lactation, improving eyesight, diuresis, dehumidification and detoxification.

1 huangcaozi

The scientific name is green willow clam, which is produced in the shallow sea of the Yellow Sea. Its shell is yellow, its meat is yellow, it has an axe-shaped shell and dark yellow markings.

Clam meat contains protein, multivitamins and nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and selenium needed by human body. It also contains trace cobalt, which has a good effect on maintaining human hematopoietic function and restoring liver function, and has high nutritional value.

Due to the rich nutrition in the waters near Dandong Donggang, the seeds of Astragalus here are bigger, fatter, more delicious and more nutritious than those in other places.

2 flower net

Meretrix meretrix is a common shellfish product in the market, which is widely distributed in the north and south seas of China. Rapid growth, short culture period, strong adaptability (wide temperature, wide salt and wide distribution) and long survival time without water. It is an excellent shellfish suitable for artificial high-density culture and one of the four major cultured shellfish in China.

3 white spider

White clam is a kind of shellfish which is abundant in the Yellow Sea Beach in Donggang, Liaoning Province. It is named because its shell is whiter than other clams. It is comparable in size to chestnuts. Its quality and reputation can keep pace with yellow clam and sand clam, and its taste is also very special. Compared with yellow clam and sand clam, it is mild and euphemistic.

1 Do not eat with cold food.

Meretrix meretrix is cold, so it is best to avoid eating it with some cold foods, such as water spinach and cucumber. It is not advisable to drink some iced drinks such as soda, ice water and ice cream immediately after meals, and pay attention to eating less or not eating cold fruits such as watermelons and pears to avoid physical discomfort. Clams can't be eaten with cold food, so as not to cause gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhea or dysentery, so don't eat with cold food.

Don't eat beer or wine.

If you drink a lot of beer while eating clams, you will produce too much uric acid, which will lead to gout. Excessive uric acid will be deposited in joints or soft tissues, which will cause inflammation of joints and soft tissues. Don't eat clams with beer and red wine to avoid gout or arthritis caused by excessive uric acid.

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The reason why patients with skin diseases can't eat clams is that protein contained in clams can be used as allergens, which can cause allergic reactions to the body, such as itching and lumps, or make the original skin diseases relapse and aggravate. People with allergic skin should avoid eating it to avoid allergies or skin diseases.

1, improve immunity: Meretrix meretrix is rich in protein, and protein is the most important nutrient for maintaining immune function, and is the main component of white blood cells and antibodies.

2, aphrodisiac and strong waist: Scorpio can produce sperm and help fertility, strengthen lean qi, improve semen quality and enhance sperm vitality. It is suitable for treating impotence, lumbago, frequent micturition and qi deficiency of five internal organs caused by kidney-yang deficiency.

3, diuretic swelling: Xunzi can remove toxins and excess water in the body, promote blood and water metabolism, have diuretic and edema elimination effects. Can be used for treating systemic edema, dysuria, etc.

4, lowering blood lipid and lowering blood pressure: Xunzi can soften and protect blood vessels, and has the effect of lowering blood lipid and cholesterol in the human body.

5. Benefiting hematopoiesis and protecting liver: Cobalt, a trace element contained in Meretrix meretrix, has a good effect on maintaining human hematopoietic function and restoring liver.

There are black things in clams, and dried clams have been preserved. Don't take it off, you can eat it. Meretrix meretrix belongs to shellfish and its digestive system is underdeveloped. Some people say that black is shit, which is wrong. Its feces are discharged to the outside. It's just what looks like cotton wool in the water, and the black part is actually its cream. Or yellow. You can eat it as long as it doesn't contain sand. If you cut it, the flavor of the pure clam meat will be greatly reduced.

Dried clams, also called clam meat, are delicious. The nutritional characteristics of Meretrix meretrix are high in protein, trace elements, iron, calcium and fat. It is made from Huanghai specialty Huangqi.

Clam meat and shellfish contain 7- cholesterol and 24- methylene cholesterol, which can reduce serum cholesterol. They have the unique functions of inhibiting liver cholesterol synthesis and accelerating cholesterol excretion, thus reducing cholesterol in the body. They are more effective than sitosterol, a commonly used cholesterol-lowering drug. People often have a refreshing and pleasant feeling after eating clams and shellfish, which is undoubtedly beneficial to relieve some annoying symptoms. Chinese medicine believes that mussel meat has the effects of nourishing yin, improving eyesight, softening and resolving phlegm, and some shellfish are also beneficial to refinement, moistening dryness and turning dirty.

Everyone can eat it. It is especially suitable for people with high cholesterol and hyperlipidemia and people with goiter, bronchitis and stomach diseases. 3 ~10 (about 50g) each time.

Shellfish such as clams are very delicious. Don't add monosodium glutamate or more salt when cooking, so as not to lose the flavor.

1 Fried clam meat with pepper

Ingredients: 750g of clam and 200g of pepper (green pepper).

Seasoning: 5g of ginger, 5g of onion, 5g of salt, 3g of monosodium glutamate, 0g of pepper 1 g, 2g of vegetable oil10g, 2g of pepper, 5g of vinegar, 5g of starch (peas) and 5g of cooking wine.

Exercise:

(1) Wash the clams, steam them in a pot, remove the sand lines from the meat and wash them. Wash the pepper and cut it into eye pieces.

(2) Add water to the pot to boil, and remove the water.

(3) Put a little oil in the pot, saute shallot ginger, add cooking wine, add pepper and stir fry, then pour clam meat, add refined salt, monosodium glutamate, pepper and vinegar to taste and stir fry, thicken with a little wet starch, and pour pepper oil.

2. Stir-fried leek with clam meat

Ingredients: 250g clams, 200g leeks.

Seasoning: salt 3g, monosodium glutamate 3g, vegetable oil 50g.

Features: bright color, salty and delicious.

Exercise:

(1) clam shell, wash and blanch;

(2) Heat the oil in the pan, add the chives and stir fry quickly, then add the clams and seasonings, stir fry a few times and pour in the bright oil.

3 cold clam

Material: 600g of clams.

Accessories: persimmon pepper 100g,

Seasoning: 5g of shallot, 3g of garlic (white skin), 3g of ginger, 6g of soy sauce, 30g of cooking wine, 3g of salt, 3g of sugar and 0g of monosodium glutamate.

Features: the meat is delicious, tender and delicious.

Exercise:

(1) Put the Meretrix meretrix into salt water, spit out the sand and wash it with clear water;

(2) Garlic and ginger are washed and chopped; Wash and chop shallots; Wash red pepper, remove pedicle and cut into pieces;

(3) Add half a pot of water into the pot, add the clams, cook with low fire until the clams are slightly opened, and take them out with chopsticks;

(4) Add rice wine, sugar, soy sauce, minced garlic, shallots, and red peppers and stir well.

4 tomato clam soup

Ingredients: Clam 300g, tomato100g.

Accessories: onion 10g, coriander 10g, appropriate amount of cooked lard, tomato sauce 15g, 600ml clear soup, a little salt and monosodium glutamate.

Exercise:

(1) Wash the shell of shuttlecock, put it in a basin, soak it in clear water and a little salt, take it out, blanch it in a boiling pot until the shell cracks, and take it out.

(2) cooling the blanched clams with cold water; Take out Meretrix meretrix, removing shell, and washing precipitate with clear water for later use;

(3) washing tomatoes, changing knives and cutting into pieces; Wash onions. Change the knife and cut it into silk; Remove the roots of coriander and wash the old leaves. Cut into small pieces.

(4) Put the cooked lard on the fire, heat it, stir-fry the tomato sauce for a while, add the clear soup, salt and tomato slices, cook for 3 minutes, add the clam meat, and then take out the monosodium glutamate, shredded onion and coriander. Take out the pot and put it in the soup bowl.

With Yin's beauty. The function of protecting liver qi.

5 fried clams

Material: dried clam100g.

Accessories: dried chili 10 tablet, ginger 1 tablet, 3 garlic cloves, 3 tablespoons rice wine, 50g cooking oil.

Exercise:

(1) Soak the dried clams in warm water for one hour to make them swell, then wash the sand and black dirt inside the clams and drain the water.

When cleaning dried clams, we should pay attention to the "black thing" in dried clams, that is, the "cream" or "yellow" of clams. Be careful not to break it when cleaning, so as not to cause nutrient loss. After all the dried clams are treated, rinse them with clear water once for later use.

(2) Cut the pepper, ginger and garlic cloves.

(3) Heat the pan, and pour the cooking oil. When the oil is hot, pour the clams into the pan.

(4) Stir-fry the clams for three minutes, and stir-fry the dried peppers, ginger and garlic cloves together.

(5) After the clams are cooked for eight minutes, add rice wine and cover.

(6) After five minutes, open the lid and a bowl of delicious clams will be fried.

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