Opening a clam is not necessarily alive. Some open clams are dead, and this kind of clams have a fishy smell after being fried. A live clam is a kind of clam whose tongue is half extended and half contracted. This is a live clam.

The reason why the clam didn't speak:

1, dead clam, this kind of clam will not open its mouth no matter how it is cooked, and it still smells after cooking.

It's cooked before it is opened. If the temperature in the pot is too high when cooking, some buds will be cooked before opening, and such buds will not open. You can pry open the clams without opening them. Everything that hasn't gone bad is good. Just fry or cook them again.

Extended data

For the practice of Meretrix meretrix, prepare materials: appropriate amount of Meretrix meretrix, peanut oil, ginger, garlic, onion, dried pepper, salt, monosodium glutamate and soy sauce.

1, pour the oil out of the pot and heat it. When the oil is hot, add garlic slices, ginger slices and dried red pepper and stir-fry until fragrant.

2. Put the flower buds cleaned in advance and stir fry over high fire.

3. Add soy sauce and salt, stir-fry evenly, stir-fry until the clams open, and add chopped shallots in advance.

4, add the right amount of monosodium glutamate, stir fry evenly and turn off the fire.

5. Put the fried clams on the plate.