First, rinse the purchased live clams with tap water, find a small iron basin or plastic basin, and put a handful of clams in the basin at a time, and the number should be covered with the bottom of the basin. Then, bump the small basin up and down to make the clams in the basin bump. The purpose of bumping is to make the dead clams in the clams open, and you can knock them off after they are knocked open. There is a lot of sand in the shell of a dead clam. A dead clam with sand will affect the delicacy of a pot of sea clams. Live clams bought home generally don't open their mouths naturally unless they are cooked. Only dead clams can open their mouths by bumping up and down, so it is easier to find dead clams.

Put the bumpy clams into a clear water basin, just use tap water, and the water must cover the clams. Then add a small amount of salt, twice the amount of salt you usually add to cooking, and then drop four or five drops of sesame oil into the basin.

After the above-mentioned treatment, the clams can be left for three to four hours, and the sand in the clams can be basically removed.

Of course, some clams are relatively clean, and there is less sand in their bodies. You just need to go home and bump the basin a few times to find out the dead clams, such as Meretrix meretrix, which is also called oil clams. This kind of clams has very little or no sand in their bodies. If you find out the dead clams, you can eat them boldly.

Second, some clams have a lot of sand in their bodies, which is difficult to handle, such as sand clams. If the people who sell clams don't handle it for you when you buy them, there is basically no good way to clean the sand in their bodies after you go home.

After buying this kind of clam, the best way to deal with it is to ask the seller for a small pot of seawater, and soak it in seawater 12 hours after returning home, which may remove the sand from the clam. But there's a problem. If everyone who sells clams sends some seawater, I'm afraid there isn't that much.

In fact, all sea clams can be soaked in seawater to remove sand. This method is simple and practical, but the people who sell clams will not give you a lot of seawater. If you can get it, it is best to soak it in seawater.

Third, there is another way, that is, while soaking the bought clams in clear water, put an iron object in it, such as iron knives and nails. Of course, these iron objects must be rusted, because iron oxide has a strange smell, which will stimulate sea clams to spit out sand.

Fourth, the method of cleaning rice water. Soaking clams in rice washing water for one to two hours also has certain effect, but it is only effective for removing sand from clams with less sediment.

Five, the edible alkali soaking method, this method is the same as the edible salt soaking method, the dosage of edible alkali and edible salt is basically the same, and the soaking time is the same.

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You can choose one of the above methods. At present, most people who sell sea clams will soak them in seawater. If they are soaked for a long time, there will be less sand in the sea clams. If you are not at ease after going home, you can choose one of the most convenient methods to clean them again.